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Blanks fired inside Turkish gov't building
Turkish police detained a man who fired three blanks inside a building housing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office on Monday, in a shooting ...
'I do?' Opposition dogs French gay marriage plans
A plan to legalize same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt was a liberal cornerstone of Francois Hollande's election manifesto earlier this ...
Gaza man killed by Israeli forces was mentally ill
A Gaza Strip man who died early Monday after he was shot by Israeli forces as he approached the border fence with Israel was mentally ill, his family ...
Obama favored in his ancestral Kenyan village
At President Barack Obama's ancestral village in Kenya, witch doctor John Dimo tossed some shells, bones and other items to determine who will win ...
Germany increases social spending before election
Germany's ruling center-right coalition has decided to increase childcare benefits, spend more money on transportation projects and end an unpopular ...
Swiss team visits Arafat grave ahead of exhumation
A team of Swiss investigators visited the West Bank grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat Monday to determine how best to dig up remains and ...
Danny Boyle opposes plan to sell Moore sculpture
Director Danny Boyle has joined leading British arts figures urging a cash-strapped local authority not to sell off a valuable Henry Moore sculpture ...
Some 2,000 ground handlers demonstrate at EU
Some 2,000 airport ground handlers have demonstrated outside European Union headquarters to protest plans to open up their sector to greater ...
Dutch queen swears in new government
Queen Beatrix swore in a new centrist Dutch government under Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday, even as the conservative leader faced harsh ...
China relentlessly harries Japan in island dispute
Chinese patrol boats have harried the Japanese Coast Guard many times a week for more than a month in an unusually relentless response to their latest ...
Saudi: al-Qaida shoots 2 guards on Yemen border
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says a group of 11 al-Qaida fighters has killed two border guards while trying to cross into Yemen before they ...
South Sudan expels UN official
The United Nations mission in South Sudan says a U.N. human rights officer has been forced to leave the country In a statement Sunday, U.N.
Iraq signs gas deal with Pakistani company
Iraq has inked a final deal with a Pakistani company to explore for natural gas in the country's east in the latest move by Baghdad to develop its ...
SAfrica: Deputy president urged to challenge Zuma
South Africa's deputy president is being urged to challenge President Jacob Zuma for the leadership of the ruling African National Congress — a ...
British PM in Gulf seeking to boost military ties
British Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to expand military and trade links despite strained ...
Japan to host int'l talks on wider Syria sanctions
Japan says it will host international working-level talks in late November on sanctions imposed against Syria. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura ...
G-20 officials meet to discuss debt in Europe, US
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's leading economies met in Mexico on Sunday amid growing fears over the global impact of ...
US Air Force keeps fleet of aging warhorses flying
For decades, the U.S. Air Force has grown accustomed to such superlatives as unrivaled and unbeatable. These days, some of its key combat aircraft are ...
China's Communists endorse Bo Xilai's expulsion
China's ruling Communist elite have endorsed the expulsion of former high-flying politician Bo Xilai and approved final preparations for the party's ...
Divisions emerge at Syria opposition conference
Sharp disagreements arose Sunday on the first day of a Syrian opposition conference meant to forge a more cohesive leadership that the international ...
Russian nationalists protest Putin, eye mainstream
Thousands of nationalists marched through Moscow on Sunday chanting slogans such as "Russia for the Russians" to protest President Vladimir Putin's ...
Gulf squeeze on dissent raises alarm with allies
The Gulf has been the slow burn of the Arab uprisings. The fraternity of rulers in the oil-rich region has remained intact with tactics ranging from ...
Israel almost hit Iranian nuclear sites in 2010
An Israeli news program claims that Israel's premier told his military to prepare for a strike on Iranian nuclear sites in 2010, but it was not ready.
AP Photos: Egypt's Copts choose new pope
A blindfolded child reached into a crystal chalice and pulled out a slip of paper — and Egypt's Coptic Christians had a new pope. The colorful but ...
Prominent Syrian-born Palestinian actor killed
Prominent Syrian-born Palestinian actor Mohammed Rafeh, who was believed to be a supporter of President Bashar Assad's regime, was kidnapped and then ...