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Blunt Israeli diplomat dropped from election list
Israel's foreign minister has dropped his deputy, known for international incidents, from his list of candidates for Israel's January 22 election.
Fighting surges around Syrian capital of Damascus
Syria's civil war is closing in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power in Damascus with clashes between government forces and rebels flaring around ...
NATO backs Patriot anti-missile system for Turkey
NATO announced Tuesday that it will deploy Patriot anti-missile systems near Turkey's southern border, shoring up defenses against the threat of ...
Iran claims US drone capture; Navy denies loss
Iran claimed Tuesday it had taken another prize in a growing showdown with Washington over drone surveillance, displaying a purported U.S.
A frail Dole returns to Senate to push for treaty
Frail and in a wheelchair, former Sen. Bob Dole was a startling presence on the Senate floor as lawmakers voted on a treaty on disabilities.
UK downplays economic sanctions against Israel
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has downplayed the possibility of European economic sanctions against Israel for its latest ...
Man jailed for naked stunt on London statue
A man who climbed naked onto an equestrian statue in London's government district, ripped off its sword and bit it has been sentenced to 12 weeks in ...
Israel's President tweets the pope a welcome
Israeli President Shimon Peres welcomed Pope Benedict XVI, both octogenarians, to social media with a personal tweet on Tuesday. Peres, 89, tweeted ...
British Scouts consider change to let atheists in
Atheists could be allowed into Britain's boy and girl scouts after more than a century. The Scout Association said Tuesday it plans to draft an ...
AP IMPACT: An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives
It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were inside a small command post on an ...
Clinton urges wider pressure on North Korea
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expressing deep concern about North Korean plans to carry out a long-range rocket launch this month.
Ship and rescue boat sink off Istanbul; 3 dead
A cargo ship sank in a severe storm Tuesday in the Black Sea and a rescue boat searching for its missing crew hit nearby rocks and also went down.
Namibia president picks Geingob for prime minister
Namibia's president has said that Hage Geingob will return to serve as the nation's prime minister as part of a major cabinet reshuffle in the ...
Germany's Merkel sets stage for 2013 elections
Chancellor Angela Merkel launched her bid for re-election Tuesday, telling party faithful her government has successfully steered Germany through the ...
Somalia property boom forces refugees onto street
In parts of Somalia's capital, rubble-strewn lots that once served as sniper positions have been rebuilt into well-maintained homes, hotels and ...
UN holds funding appeal in Mogadishu
The United Nations has launched its aid appeal for Somalia in the capital, Mogadishu, for the first time in two decades. The U.N. on Tuesday said that ...
Typhoon pounds the Philippines, killing at least 7
One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and ...
Japan tunnel disaster shows aging of public works
The deadly collapse last weekend of hundreds of concrete ceiling slabs in a tunnel outside Tokyo is raising calls for more spending on Japan's aging ...
Japan campaign opens with focus on economy, nukes
Leaders of Japan's major political parties kicked off campaigning Tuesday for this month's parliamentary elections in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima ...
Amnesty details 'horrific' abuses in south Yemen
Al-Qaida committed "horrific" rights abuses during its 16 months in power in southern Yemen, Amnesty International charged in a report released ...
Officials: Gunmen kill 6 family members in Baghdad
Police and health officials say gunmen have broken into a house in eastern Baghdad, killing six members of an Iraqi family. Two police officers say ...
Flight attendant out of job after Facebook remark
A Cathay Pacific flight attendant is out of a job after writing on her Facebook page that she wanted to throw coffee in a passenger's face because she ...
UN calls on Israel to open nuclear facilities
The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to quickly open its nuclear program for inspection and backing ...
Bomb blast in Afghanistan kills 2 NATO troops
The international military coalition in Afghanistan says two of its service members have been killed in a bomb attack in the country's south.