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Oil prices dip as traders eye Europe crisis talks
The price of oil fell Wednesday as investors kept one eye on Europe's efforts to solve its debt crisis and the other on the potential for Middle East ...
Israel talking to Egypt over Sinai troop movements
An Israeli official says defense officials are in talks with Egyptian counterparts in hopes of resolving a disagreement over a recent Egyptian troop ...
Mexican court: Military law is unconstitutional
Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a key portion of a military law that has broadened the influence of military courts and ...
US general's visit to Iraq includes talks on Syria
The U.S. Embassy says the top U.S. general's talks with Iraq's prime minister included discussions about Syria, underscoring concerns that the civil ...
Vestas to lay off some 1,400 workers
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines, says it is slashing 7 percent of its workforce in its second round of lay-offs ...
Americans tune out Afghan war as fighting rages on
It was once President Barack Obama's "war of necessity." Now, it's America's forgotten war. The Afghan conflict generates barely a whisper on the U.S.
3 men linked to Jordan's Paralympic squad arrested
Three men linked to Jordan's Paralympic team were arrested and charged in Northern Ireland following allegations of sexual assault, British media ...
IAEA tries again to access suspect Iran nuke site
Iran is in the final stages of sanitizing a military site it is suspected of using for secret nuclear weapons-related experiments, two senior ...
Assad's regime steps up use of air power
Its forces stretched thin on multiple fronts, President Bashar Assad's regime has significantly increased its use of air power against Syrian rebels ...
A US ally, Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi dies
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's long-time ruler and a major U.S. counter-terrorism ally who is credited with economic gains but blamed for human rights ...
Cuba convicts 12 of corruption in nickel industry
A Cuban court has convicted a dozen people of corruption, including high-ranking government officials, an executive at a state-run nickel company and ...
Israel says Egypt violating peace treaty in Sinai
Israel objected Tuesday to a move by Egypt's new leaders to deploy tanks in a volatile border area, calling the action a violation of the landmark ...
Balkans heat wave fuels forest fires in Bosnia
Authorities on Tuesday declared a state of emergency around a town in Bosnia's northeast and a tourist area was evacuated in the country's south as ...
Court ruling lets Romania president return to post
Romania's constitutional court ruled Tuesday that a referendum on whether to oust the country's president had failed because the minimum voter ...
Syrian minister warns US against intervention
President Barack Obama's warning over chemical weapons in Syria indicates the West is looking for a pretext for military intervention, a senior Syrian ...
Turkmenistan formally ends 1-party system
Turkmenistan has formally ended its one-party system with the creation of a business-oriented political party. But the new group's arrival is unlikely ...
IMF chief in Egypt for talks over $3.2 billion aid
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is in Egypt to try to revive stalled talks over a $3.2 billion aid package for its battered ...
Egypt: Contaminated water causes illness, protests
Villagers briefly locked the Egyptian health minister and a provincial governor inside a hospital room Tuesday after allegedly contaminated water ...
SA defense minister says sorry for shot miners
South Africa's defense minister apologized Tuesday to angry miners who held up plastic packets of bullet casings, the first government official to beg ...
Overworked European Central Bank to add staff
Europe's debt crisis is close to claiming a new set of casualties — the European Central Bank's overstretched staff. The central banking authority for ...
UK lawmaker criticized over Assange rape comments
Two lawmakers on different sides of the Atlantic were lambasted by women's rights campaigners and colleagues on Tuesday after making contentious ...
Top Israeli official talks Iran with senior rabbi
The Israeli prime minister's national security adviser met with an influential rabbi to persuade him to support a military strike on Iran's nuclear ...
Is Ethiopia's new leader in place for long?
The death of Ethiopia's prime minister pushed his relatively unknown successor, Hailemariam Desalegn, into the spotlight on Tuesday, and he may be ...
US drone kills 5 militants in northwest Pakistan
An unmanned American aircraft fired missiles at a vehicle in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan Tuesday, killing five suspected militants ...