Political civil unrest and General news about World

World

Brother of Syrian parliament speaker assassinated
Gunmen killed the brother of Syria's parliament speaker in a hail of bullets as he drove to work in Damascus on Tuesday, the state news agency said, ...
Gay marriage in Spain affirmed by top court
Spain's Constitutional Court upheld the legality of the country's gay marriage law on Tuesday, rejecting an appeal contending that marriage in the ...
Syrian defector says most bomber pilots grounded
A former Syrian air force general who was also the country's first astronaut said Tuesday that only about one-third of Syria's fighter pilots are ...
Officials: New mass graves found in Ivory Coast
Up to 10 new mass graves have been discovered near the site of a July attack on a camp for displaced people, officials said Tuesday, amid allegations ...
Israel: Stray Syria shot sparks Golan Heights fire
The Israeli military says a stray bullet from fighting in nearby Syria has set off a land mine in the Golan Heights, sparking a fire. The military ...
Czech gov't set to survive confidence vote
The Czech Republic's government is set to survive a confidence vote this week after rebel lawmakers in the conservative party of Prime Minister Petr ...
Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria dies at age 98
Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria, who weathered a revolt over his communist-era ties to lead the Balkan country's Orthodox Christians for more than 40 ...
IMF: Sudan must further cut fuel subsidies
The International Monetary Fund has urged Sudan to cut fuel subsidies further, despite public anger over austerity measures meant to counter the ...
Thousands mourn NIreland prison guard slain by IRA
Thousands of mourners lined the main street of a central Northern Ireland town Tuesday to bid farewell to a prison officer slain by Irish Republican ...
Car bomb near Iraqi military base kills 33
A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives detonated the vehicle near an Iraqi military base as soldiers changed shifts north of Baghdad ...
Gaza police catch crocodile after 2 years on lam
It took an Internet search, shark nets and two weeks of floating in a sewage pond, but Gaza policemen said Tuesday that they have finally captured a ...
China hauls away activists in congress crackdown
During her 30-hour train journey to Beijing, Wang Xiulan ducked into bathrooms whenever the conductors checked IDs. Later, as she lay low in the ...
Police officer shot in new attack in Egypt's Sinai
A senior Egyptian police officer was shot and wounded Tuesday in the second recent attack of its kind on security forces in the country's turbulent ...
Cameroon's president marks 3 decades in power
Cameroon's 79-year-old President Paul Biya marked 30 years in office Tuesday with boisterous celebrations staged by the ruling party while police ...
Israel moves ahead building of 1,200 settler homes
Israel said Tuesday that it was pushing forward with construction of more than 1,200 new homes in Jewish settlements, in an apparent ...
Oil prices up slightly ahead of US election
The price of oil rose slightly Tuesday, to above $86 a barrel, as investors awaited the results of the U.S. presidential election. By early afternoon ...
South Africa banknotes launched with Mandela image
New South African banknotes featuring the image of former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela are going into circulation. Reserve Bank ...
Syria shutters Hamas offices in break with group
A spokesman for Hamas says the Syrian government has sealed its offices in Damascus, finalizing the break between the Islamic militant group and its ...
Turkish court tries Israelis in Gaza flotilla case
A Turkish court on Tuesday opened a trial in absentia of four former Israeli military commanders in the killing of nine people aboard a Turkish aid ...
NZealand beaching proves rarest of whales exists
The spade-toothed beaked whale is so rare that nobody has seen one alive, but scientists have proof the species still exists. Two skeletons were ...
Syrian chaos deepens as rebels, Palestinians fight
New chaos engulfed Syria's civil war as Palestinian supporters and opponents of the embattled regime were swept up Monday in intense fighting in ...
China launches WTO case against EU solar subsidies
China has filed a World Trade Organization case challenging subsidies provided by some European Union members to promote the solar panel industry, ...
UN imposes sanctions on Haqqani Network
The U.N. committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions Monday on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, a fierce ...
Aircraft loses wheel while landing, no one hurt
A passenger aircraft with 80 people on board has landed safely despite losing a wheel after touching down in Vienna. Austrian Airlines officials say ...
TV report: Israel security heads nixed Iran attack
Israel's prime minister ordered the military to go on high alert for a looming attack on Iran's nuclear program two years ago, but backed off ...