
Ex-Pakistani strongman vows return ahead of vote
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said he doesn't fear arrest despite facing criminal charges as he vowed Saturday to return to his homeland ...

Syria: Bombing kills top pro-Assad Sunni preacher
A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of ...

Christians say they were tortured in Libya
Dozens of Coptic Christians were tortured inside a detention center run by a powerful militia in eastern Libya, two of the recently released detainees ...

Last survivor of plot to kill Hitler dies at 90
As a 22-year-old German army lieutenant, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist volunteered to wear a suicide vest to a meeting with Adolf Hitler and to blow ...

Tunisia nominates outsiders for key gov't posts
Tunisia's ruling party nominated several respected figures not aligned with political parties for key Cabinet posts Friday, concessions to the ...

'Harlem Shake' videos provoke Tunisian battles
After attacks by religious extremists, the assassination of an opposition politician and the resignation of the prime minister, Tunisia is now being ...
Algerian in Jihad Jane plot faces US extradition
An Algerian man wanted by American authorities over the abortive "Jihad Jane" plot to assassinate a Swedish artist was arrested while leaving an Irish ...

Tunisia: 4 in custody for politician's slaying
Four suspects belonging to a radical Islamic group have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a leftist politician that plunged ...

Tunisia Islamist party chooses new prime minister
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party named an interior minister seen as a conservative loyalist to form a new government Friday, in a signal the party is ...
Hariri slaying trial postponed at UN-backed court
The start of the landmark trial in absentia of four Hezbollah fighters charged in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was ...

Is Tunisia falling apart? Here's what's going on
Tunisia now has no prime minister and is facing its worst crisis since it kicked off the Arab Spring. Here's a look at the turmoil rocking this ...

UN: Drones killed more Afghan civilians in 2012
The number of U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan rose sharply last year compared with 2011, the United Nations said Tuesday. The increase was a sign ...

Tunisia Islamist leader says new govt coming
The head of Tunisia's largest political party said Monday that the country's crisis will be solved by a new compromise government of technocrats and ...

Libya's struggle to deliver justice fuels violence
Col. Faraj el-Dersi, who defected to the rebel side from Moammar Gadhafi's police force, was gunned down late last year on the streets of Benghazi, ...

JFK memorabilia draws hundreds to Mass. town
A preview of John F. Kennedy memorabilia including notes by his special assistant on the day the president was assassinated is drawing hundreds of ...

Tunisia Islamist leader says unity gov't imminent
An agreement is imminent on a new national unity government for Tunisia to resolve the simmering political crisis brought on by the assassination of ...

Tunisia: President's party quits government
Tunisia's political crisis entered a new phase Sunday with an announcement that Cabinet ministers of the president's own party are quitting the ...

Fear of assassinations haunt Egypt opposition
Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was shot to death this past week, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are ...

Tunisia Islamists say no new gov't as crisis grows
Tunisia sank deeper into political crisis Thursday, as the ruling Islamist party rejected its own prime minister's decision to replace the government ...

After fatwas, security hiked for Egypt opposition
One hardline Muslim cleric on an Egyptian TV station justified sexual assaults on women protesters. Others issued religious edicts saying opposition ...

SAfrica prosecutor: Congo rebels wanted coup, war
Nineteen alleged members of a Congolese rebel group — including one U.S. citizen — sought outside help in their effort to overthrow Congolese ...

Tunisia to shake-up government after assassination
Shaken by the assassination of a prominent leftist opposition leader that unleashed major protests, Tunisia's prime minister announced Wednesday that ...

Fears grow that Libya is incubator of turmoil
Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the ongoing conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's ...
Senior Yemeni police official assassinated
A Yemeni security official says gunmen on a motorcycle killed a senior police official in a drive-by shooting south of the capital city of Sanaa. Col.

Beaches, bombs and gangsters _ Corsica's dilemma
The bombs exploded across hundreds of miles of Corsican coastline, gutting two dozen villas nearly simultaneously on some of Europe's most beautiful ...