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Afghan official delays Pakistan trip amid tension
The head of the Afghan council for peace talks with the Taliban has postponed a trip to Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. The delay comes during ...
US seeks smooth but unlikely transition in Syria
The Obama administration's principles for a post-Assad Syria are clear: security, sectarian harmony, no tolerance for extremists. But the U.S.
Egypt buries 16 soldiers slain in border attack
Egypt on Tuesday buried the 16 soldiers killed by suspected Islamist militants near the borders with Gaza and Israel, as pressure built on Egypt's ...
Oxfam says hundreds being killed in east Congo
With Congo's army diverted to fighting a new rebel group in eastern Congo, new militia groups have arisen and older ones are reasserting themselves, ...
Iranian FM in Turkey amid diplomatic spat
The Turkish government sharply criticized Iran's military chief on Tuesday for blaming Turkey for the bloodshed in Syria and accusing it of supporting ...
UN: 22,000 Iraqis in Syria return home to flee war
At least 22,300 Iraqis who fled to Syria several years ago have streamed home in the past three weeks, United Nations officials in Baghdad said ...
China's politics reign in trial of Bo Xilai's wife
The wife of a fallen Chinese leader goes on trial Thursday on charges of murdering a British businessman in a politically charged case that may have ...
With diplomacy dead, US banks on Syrian rebel win
With Syrian diplomacy all but dead, the Obama administration is shifting its focus on the civil war away from political transition and toward helping ...
Venezuelan charged in diplomat's killing in Kenya
Kenyan authorities on Monday charged the first secretary of Venezuela's embassy with the murder of that country's acting ambassador to Kenya in what ...
16 Egypt border guards killed, Islamists suspected
Masked gunmen killed 16 Egyptian soldiers Sunday at a checkpoint along the border with Gaza and Israel, the first such attack on troops — and then the ...
China blames West for failure on Syrian crisis
China said Saturday that the West should be blamed for obstructing a diplomatic and political solution to Syria's crisis because it advocated regime ...
UN General Assembly denounces Syrian crackdown
The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown on dissent Friday in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security ...
Syrian regime pleads with Russia for economic aid
Senior Syrian officials have pleaded with Russia for financial loans and supplies of oil products, a sign that the global fallout from President ...
Sweden says Belarus expels its ambassador
Sweden said Friday that Belarus had expelled its ambassador for "being too supportive of human rights." Belarus countered that it merely chose not to ...
Mortars kill at least 20 in Damascus refugee camp
Mortars rained down on a crowded marketplace in a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital, killing at least 20 people as regime forces and ...
Annan quits as Syrian envoy, blames lack of unity
Kofi Annan announced his resignation Thursday as peace envoy to Syria and issued a blistering critique of world powers, bringing to a dramatic end a ...
Afghans fear what will happen when troops leave
Asadullah Ramin has lost all hope in his homeland — he's so worried about what will happen when U.S. and international troops leave that he's ready ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH ...
Where's Assad? Mystery deepens about Syrian leader
Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his military Wednesday to boost its fight against rebels, but his written call to arms only deepened a mystery ...
Panetta asks Israel for patience on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, standing next to the U.S. defense chief, said Wednesday without qualification that international economic ...
Syria's Aleppo running low on food amid siege
Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the ...
Egypt official: leader's letter to Israel is fake
A letter to Israel from Egypt's new president hoping for regional peace kicked up a stir Tuesday when the Egyptian leader's Islamist movement denied ...
House, Senate negotiators back new Iran sanctions
A new package of severe sanctions on Iran's energy, shipping and financial sectors gained strong congressional support Tuesday as lawmakers sought to ...