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US seeks calm over Asian disputes; won't mediate
The Obama administration on Friday pressed U.S. allies Japan and South Korea to continue their cooperation on North Korea and other key issues despite ...
House lawmaker blocks $450M in US aid for Egypt
The Obama administration's plan to transfer $450 million in cash to Egypt hit a roadblock Friday as a top House committee chairwoman blocked the move, ...
Kenya attacks last stronghold of Somali militants
Kenyan troops invaded al-Shabab's last stronghold in Somalia on Friday, coming ashore in a predawn beach landing at Kismayo that appeared likely to ...
Some memorable props used by speakers at the UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's use of a cartoon-like drawing of a bomb to convey a message over Iran's disputed nuclear program follows ...
Libya: hundreds demand militias disband in Tripoli
Hundreds of Libyans held a demonstration in Tripoli on Friday demanding the breakup of militia groups and the formation of a national army and police.
Netanyahu says "red lines" stop war but do they?
In a dramatic gesture, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew a "red line" on a diagram of Iran's nuclear program and called on the world to ...
War crimes prosecutor Del Ponte joins Syria probe
The U.N.'s top human rights body on Friday named renowned former U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte to its independent panel probing alleged ...
French budget heavy on taxes, could hurt Hollande
France's new budget may be the worst of both worlds. It lacks the serious spending cuts that economists say are needed to put the country on a path ...
No tax, no blessing: German church insists on levy
The road to heaven is paved with more than good intentions for Germany's 24 million Catholics. If they don't pay their religious taxes, they will be ...
Protesters in Yemen demand return of stolen assets
Thousands of protesters marched in the Yemeni capital on Friday, demanding the return of millions of dollars that were allegedly stolen by the ...
Syrian rebels launch broadest push yet for Aleppo
Rebels on Friday pressed their broadest assault yet to drive President Bashar Assad's forces out of Syria's largest city, activists said, with fierce ...
Netanyahu's bomb steals the show in his UN speech
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held up a cartoon-like drawing of a bomb during his speech at the U.N., he set off an explosion of ...
Ex-finance minister to challenge Merkel in 2013
Germany's main opposition party embarked Friday on an uphill struggle to oust Chancellor Angela Merkel, choosing a respected former finance minister ...
Clinton pledges more aid to Syrian rebels
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pledging millions more dollars in American assistance to the Syrian opposition as the U.S. and its allies ...
A look at France's 2013 budget
French President Francois Hollande's budget plans to reduce the government's deficit by €30 billion ($39 billion), or about 1.5 percent of gross ...
Slovenia PM: No bailout needed
Slovenia's prime minister insisted that the Alpine nation does not need a bailout from the European Union, despite a crippling banking crisis that has ...
Slave settlements winning rights in Brazil
Luiz Pinto was seemingly everywhere on the patio of his family's hillside home as diners tucked away the last of their pork and beans and a band sent ...
Amid U.N. debate, different models on free speech
Amid the firestorm over an American film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad, the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva voted Friday on a resolution by a ...
FBI agents staying away from Benghazi for now
For security reasons, FBI agents are staying away from the Libyan city where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, two law ...
Pakistan: Monsoon rains, flooding kill 422 people
Monsoon rains and flooding killed more than 400 people across Pakistan during the rainy season this year, authorities said Friday. Pakistan suffers ...
Polish Solidarity hero is reburied after mix-up
Mourners on Friday bid a second farewell to Anna Walentynowicz, a legendary figure with Poland's Solidarity movement whose body was mistakenly buried ...
Iran vows enemies will not survive
An Iranian general has said that his country's enemies will not survive if they attack Iran's nuclear sites. A Friday report by the semiofficial ISNA ...
Iran president says regretful of arrest of adviser
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called the detention of his top press adviser "regretful". The official Irna news agency quoted Ahmadinejad ...
China says disgraced leader Bo expelled from party
China's communist leadership expelled Bo Xilai from the ruling party Friday and sought to bury him with charges ranging from corruption to sexual ...
Oil prices near $92 on Spanish budget pledge
The price of oil crept up above $92 a barrel Friday on hopes the global economy might see some improvement after Spain announced far-reaching steps ...