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Malaysian opposition's Anwar charged over protest
Malaysian prosecutors have again charged the government's most prominent challenger, alleging that he and two allies broke various laws during a ...
Ryan Crocker, ambassador to Afghanistan, to leave
Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the civilian face of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over two administrations, is stepping ...
Obama's preference for talks with Iran faces test
President Barack Obama's preferred path to end the Iranian nuclear standoff faces a stern test this week when world powers sit down with Iran in ...
Chinese activist renews call to fight injustice
A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest, endured a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so ...
Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief
Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war ...
Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US
A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong ...
Reverberations from drug raid felt in US, Honduras
Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and locals scattered after loading ...
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking a firestorm of criticism ...
Obama warns against political disruption in Yemen
President Barack Obama served notice Wednesday that he would punish those trying to disrupt the political transition in Yemen, a strategically ...
NATO invites Pakistan to summit in Chicago
NATO has invited Pakistan's president to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan, the strongest sign yet that Islamabad is ready to reopen its ...
Blind China activist speaks by phone to Congress
For the second time in less than two weeks, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has spoken by phone to a U.S. congressional hearing and alleged ...
Pakistani suggests NATO supplies should resume
Pakistan's foreign minister suggested Monday that the country should reopen its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies, saying the government has made ...
West African bloc may re-impose Mali sanctions
West Africa's regional bloc threatened Monday to re-impose sanctions on Mali, saying that the junta's actions "appear clearly designed to disrupt the ...
China tightens restrictions on activist's family
Authorities in the hometown of activist Chen Guangcheng have notched up restrictions on members of his extended family while he awaits permission in ...
Blast near UN car shows fragility of Syria truce
A roadside bomb hit a Syrian military truck Wednesday just seconds after the head of the U.N. observer team drove by in a convoy, demonstrating the ...
US, China forge tentative deal on Chinese activist
With a series of quickly choreographed steps, the U.S. and China outlined a tentative deal Friday to send a blind legal activist to America for study ...
US: blind activist wants to leave China
The Obama administration's diplomatic predicament deepened Thursday when a blind Chinese legal activist who took refuge in the American Embassy told ...
Deal undone? Activist now wants to leave China
The blind Chinese dissident who boldly fled house arrest and placed himself under the wing of U.S. diplomats balked Wednesday at a deal delicately ...
Iran seeks sanctions rollback as nuke talk goal
Iran has made no secret of its hopes for the next round of nuclear negotiations with world powers: Pledges by the West to ease sanctions as a step ...
Invisible man casts shadow over US-China talks
The blind Chinese lawyer at the center of a diplomatic storm between Washington and Beijing is a taboo topic in each capital. Neither side wants the ...
Rights group: US asylum likely for China dissident
U.S. and Chinese officials are ironing out a deal to secure American asylum for a blind Chinese legal activist who fled house arrest, with an ...
Blind lawyer's escape to overshadow US-China talks
Less than a week before annual U.S.-Chinese diplomatic and economic talks, relations between the powers risked sharply deteriorating Saturday with an ...
Activists: Blind Chinese lawyer flees house arrest
A blind legal activist and inspirational figure in China's rights movement fled the house arrest he has lived under and made it to a secret location ...
Palestinian government cracks down on critics
The government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has moved to silence critics, raising new concerns about freedom of expression in the West Bank.
Charles Taylor conviction sends warning to tyrants
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor became the first head of state since World War II to be convicted by an international war crimes court, a ...