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Netanyahu narrowly wins Israeli election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard-line allies fared far worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, likely forcing him to ...
After UN acts, NKorea vows 'nuclear deterrence'
North Korea swiftly lashed out against the U.N. Security Council's condemnation of its December launch of a long-range rocket, saying Wednesday that ...
Russia starts evacuating nationals from Syria
Key Syrian ally Russia began evacuating its citizens from the country on Tuesday as the civil war gathered momentum in the capital Damascus with ...
Clinton retires debt from 2008 campaign
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has paid off the outstanding debt from her 2008 presidential campaign. Campaign finance reports filed ...
Russia's Syria evacuation reflects doubts on Assad
The Kremlin's evacuation of Russians from Syria on Tuesday marks a turning point in its view of the civil war, representing increasing doubts about ...
Key parties in Israeli elections
Summary of the main political parties competing in Israel's parliamentary elections. Exit polls show a small majority for Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Weakened Netanyahu likely to remain Israeli leader
Key questions following Israel's parliamentary election: —WHO WON? Exit polls indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to retain his ...
Philippines taking S. China Sea fight to tribunal
The Philippines took a desperate legal step against China's claims to virtually the entire South China Sea, formally notifying the Asian superpower ...
Judge lets NYPD resume suspicion-less stops
A federal judge let the New York Police Department on Tuesday temporarily resume stop-and-frisk stops she believes are unconstitutional while she ...
Obama's lofty inaugural ideals run into reality
President Barack Obama's lofty ideals from his inaugural address ran smack into reality Tuesday on the first working day of his second term.
Senate chair: Count up Hagel vote after hearing
Top Senate Republicans said Tuesday they would reserve judgment on Chuck Hagel's nomination until after his confirmation hearing next week, a positive ...
APNewsBreak: Embassy: Some Russia orphans US-bound
Some of the Russian children caught in limbo by their country's ban on adoptions by Americans have left for the United States with their new parents, ...
Venezuelan government: Hugo Chavez recovering
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in good spirits and recovering six weeks after he underwent cancer surgery in Cuba, his government said Tuesday ...
Prosecutor: Fla. foster girl killed by caretaker
The caretaker of foster child Rilya Wilson grew to hate the 4-year-old because of defiant behavior, finally smothering the girl with a pillow in 2000 ...
Poll: Many say let illegal immigrants stay in US
More than 6 in 10 Americans now favor allowing illegal immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens, a major increase in support driven by a ...
Pentagon: AQ ally is top suspect in Algeria attack
The Pentagon on Tuesday stopped short of saying al-Qaida's North Africa affiliate is definitely to blame for the deadly Algeria terrorist attack, but ...
Algeria scours Sahara for 5 missing foreigners
Algerian forces scoured the Sahara Desert on Tuesday, searching for five foreign energy workers who vanished during a chaotic four-day battle with ...
Rights group says Egypt police behaves like 'gang'
An Egyptian rights group on Tuesday accused the country's police of "acting like a gang," torturing detainees and continuing to use violence to impose ...
Bosnian convicted of abusing his stepdaughter
A Bosnian man was convicted on Tuesday of illegally imprisoning his German stepdaughter in his house for six years. Milenko Marinkovic, 52, was ...
Yemen: US drone strike kills 3 al-Qaida militants
Yemeni security officials say an airstrike launched by a U.S. drone killed at least three suspected al-Qaida militants in a province near the Saudi ...
Iran's president scoffs at Western sanctions
Iran's president on Tuesday claimed his country can create 10 times more wealth from inventions than from oil, rendering Western economic sanctions ...
Rio de Janeiro's favelas find a place on city maps
Look at most maps of Rio de Janeiro. The beaches are easy to spot, as are the iconic ocean-front neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. In the ...
18 killed in northeast Nigeria market attack
A deputy governor in Nigeria says 18 people were killed in an attack on a local market there. Borno state deputy Gov. Zanna Mustapha said Tuesday he ...
Wave of attacks in Iraq leaves 22 dead
A string of attacks, including three car bombings in and around Baghdad, killed at least 22 people Tuesday, deepening fears of a surge in violence as ...
THE RESET: Obama now must move on 2nd-term agenda
President Barack Obama now faces the heavy lifting of trying to move ahead on the lofty second-term vows and declarations he laid out in his inaugural ...