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Egypt: No need to amend treaty with Israel
A spokesman for Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi said Wednesday that there is currently no need to amend the peace treaty with Israel, despite calls ...
Zimbabwe president: Constitution changes on track
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has assured regional leaders that adoption of a new constitution is on track, ahead of proposed elections to end the ...
Hungarian opposition radio wins court case
An opposition radio station in Hungary won a court ruling Wednesday in its bid for a broadcast license, but that was still no guarantee it could ...
Putin condemns bloody regime change in Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a strong warning Wednesday against inciting violent regime change in the Middle East — an apparent rebuke to ...
Church of England group meets to select archbishop
Senior members of a Church of England commission are starting a three-day meeting Wednesday to select a new archbishop of Canterbury — the spiritual ...
Daughter of Bahrain opposition leader sentenced
The daughter of a jailed rights activist in Bahrain was sentenced Wednesday to two months in prison for damaging property at the police station, ...
SAfrica firebrand charged with money laundering
Firebrand South African politician Julius Malema proclaimed his innocence Wednesday and said the money laundering charges against him were a political ...
German court backs Catholic 'pay to pray' rule
Germany's top administrative court has ruled that Catholics who opt out of paying religious taxes must automatically leave the church as well.
Sudan says progress made on South Sudan talks
Sudan says significant progress is being made in talks with South Sudan as negotiations over their shared border entered a fourth day Wednesday.
NATO: 2 service members killed in Afghanistan
A suicide attack on a NATO patrol in eastern Afghanistan killed two service members in the U.S.-led coalition on Wednesday, NATO and Afghan officials ...
Defamation bill recalled from Ukraine parliament
Facing international criticism, Ukraine's ruling party announced Wednesday it's recalling a bill that envisioned jail time for defamation — a rare ...
German debt auction uncovered due to weak demand
Germany's debt agency says an auction of the country's benchmark 10-year bonds did not receive sufficient bids due to a "very volatile market ...
Uruguay lawmakers vote to legalize abortion
Legislators have voted in Uruguay by a razor-thin margin to legalize abortion. In Latin America, where the majority of people are Catholic, no country ...
Japan, China move to dampen island dispute
Japan and China are taking small steps to dampen a bitter dispute over a group of small islands in the East China Sea following an intense but ...
Georgia's richest man runs for country's top job
Georgia's richest man, billionaire and philanthropist Bidzina Ivanishvili seems to have it all — a head-spinning fortune, the respect of his country ...
UN chief demands global action to end war in Syria
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded international action to stop the war in Syria, telling a somber gathering of world leaders Tuesday that the ...
Morsi wants free speech linked to responsibility
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said freedom of expression must be used responsibly in a speech Tuesday to the Clinton Global Initiative in New York ...
Venezuela poll: Chavez leading rival by 10 points
President Hugo Chavez held a 10-point lead over rival Henrique Capriles in one of the final polls ahead of Venezuela's Oct. 7 election, but the survey ...
Spaniards rage against austerity near Parliament
Spain's government was hit hard by the country's financial crisis on multiple fronts Tuesday as protestors enraged with austerity cutbacks and tax ...
Mexico labor bill would loosen hiring, union grip
A proposal to reform Mexico's dysfunctional, 1970s-era labor laws, loosen work rules and increase union democracy split Mexican political parties ...
Yemen leader says would talk to disarmed al-Qaida
Yemen's president said Tuesday he would talk to his country's branch of the al-Qaida militant network if it were to give up its weapons, abandon its ...
Death of Libyan rebel raises calls for vengeance
One of the young Libyan rebels credited with capturing Moammar Gadhafi in a drainage ditch nearly a year ago died Tuesday of injuries after being ...
Egypt: 3 sentenced for 'morality' killing
An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted three Islamists of killing a student this summer as he sat in a quiet park with his fiancée, sentencing them ...
Palestinians likely to ask UN GA for statehood
A Palestinian legislator says President Mahmoud Abbas will likely ask the United Nation's General Assembly to vote on recognizing Palestine in ...
US, UN grapple for workable peace plan in Syria
The United States and the U.N.'s new Syria mediator grappled for a new strategy Tuesday toward stopping 18 months of brutal government crackdowns and ...