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Western nations expel Syrian envoys over massacre
Eyewitness accounts from the Syrian massacre are emerging, describing shadowy gunmen slaughtering whole families in their homes and targeting the most ...
Bomb kills NATO coalition member in Afghanistan
The U.S.-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan says a homemade bomb has killed one if its service members in the country's south. The coalition says the ...
Nepal opposition vow protests against PM
Nepal's opposition parties say they have teamed up against Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and vow to topple his government. They say he has no moral ...
On Thailand trip, Suu Kyi visits Myanmar migrants
Kicking off her first trip abroad in nearly a quarter-century, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offered encouragement Wednesday to ...
NATO kills senior al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan
The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan killed al-Qaida's second-highest leader in the country in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province, the coalition ...
Qatar orders arrests after deadly mall fire
Qatar issued arrest orders for the owner of a fire-ravaged mall and four others as investigations widened Wednesday into possible safety lapses during ...
Elaborate Portland marriage proposal goes viral
Isaac Lamb acknowledges that his five-minute, block-long choreographed build-up to a marriage proposal has upped the stakes for everyone who follows.
The world in 1988, when Suu Kyi last left Myanmar
The world was a different place the last time Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar. The Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union still existed. Bangkok, the city Suu ...
Suu Kyi, in Myanmar since 1988, starts world tour
For 24 years, Aung San Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her return.
Sudan pulls troops from oil-rich region
Sudan withdrew its army Tuesday from the disputed Abyei border region that contains rich oil fields and is contested by neighboring South Sudan, ...
Britain's Supreme Court to rule on WikiLeaks chief
Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential ...
Workers among 16 dead in latest big Italian quake
Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when ...
US ambassador surprised by Russian criticism
The U.S. ambassador to Russia said Wednesday that he was surprised by the Russian Foreign Ministry's criticism of his remarks at a meeting with ...
Serena Williams loses in 1st round at French Open
For more than a decade, whatever the state of her health or her game, no matter the opponent or arena, Serena Williams always won first-round matches ...
Egypt Islamist candidate vows break with old ways
The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for the Egyptian presidential runoff promised Tuesday he would break sharply with the ways of ousted autocrat Hosni ...
UN: Most of 108 killed in Syria were executed
The U.N.'s human rights office said Tuesday that most of the 108 victims of a massacre in Syria last week were shot at close range, some of them ...
Israeli premier: World powers too soft on Iran
World powers are being too soft over Iran's nuclear program by only asking an end to low grade enrichment, Israel's prime minister said Tuesday, ...
Danish police arrest 2 men in terror plot
Two Danish brothers originally from Somalia were given four weeks of pre-trial detention Tuesday after they were arrested by Denmark's security ...
UN points finger at pro-Syrian thugs in massacre
The U.N. peacekeeping chief said Tuesday there are strong suspicions that pro-regime fighters were responsible for some of the 108 victims of a ...
Friends suspected Norway killer was dejected, gay
Former friends of confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik said that some years before the massacre he came across as depressed, ...
Vatican says leaks violated conscience of faithful
The Vatican on Tuesday sought to put the widening scandal over leaked documents into a very different light, saying the stolen papers didn't just ...
CNN hiring chef Anthony Bourdain for weekend show
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain will begin hosting a new show next year on — of all places — the news network CNN. The weekend show on food and travel ...
UN: Pakistan judges pressured to use blasphemy law
Pakistani judges are often pressured to convict people accused under the country's blasphemy laws that call for the death penalty for anyone insulting ...
Greek euro exit would halve incomes, report warns
An exit from the euro would see Greeks lose more than half their annual income and prompt a dramatic rise in unemployment and inflation, a report from ...
Nigerian students protest university name change
Students at one of Nigeria's oldest universities protested a presidential announcement renaming the school Tuesday, saying that while the institution ...