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USAID officer killed in Afghanistan
The Obama administration says a U.S. government aid worker was killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ...
UN agency: Global food prices up sharply in July
International food prices rose sharply in July after three months of decline, driven by a spike in grain and sugar prices, a United Nations report ...
French military medics head to Syrian border
A team of French military doctors headed to the Syria-Jordan border on Thursday to set up a mobile hospital to treat refugees fleeing Syrian violence ...
Murder trial of wife of Chinese politician begins
The wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai stood trial Thursday for the murder of a British former associate in a tightly orchestrated ...
Syrian troops push into Aleppo to oust rebels
Syria launched a ground assault Wednesday on rebel-held areas of the besieged city of Aleppo, the center of battles between government forces and ...
Belarus orders Sweden to close its embassy
Belarus on Wednesday ordered Sweden to close its embassy in Minsk by the end of the month, a move that comes only days after Belarusian President ...
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 ...
German companies push to join anti-graft treaty
Major German companies including auto maker Daimler and engineering giant Siemens have written to lawmakers urging them to ratify an international ...
Report: 2,400 Syrians cross into Turkey
Some 2,400 people crossed into Turkey overnight to escape the escalating violence in Syria, Turkey's state-run news agency reported Wednesday, as ...
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 ...
Court rules against State Dept. in age bias case
A divided appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that the State Department improperly dismissed a former employee solely because he turned 65. The U.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 ...
Clinton lauds AIDS progress in South Africa
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, visiting the country with the world's highest rate of HIV infection, said Tuesday that ...
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 ...
McCain, Haley among first announced for GOP confab
A trio of female firsts and three former GOP presidential contenders were among the first speakers disclosed Monday for the Republican National ...
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 ...
US to offer $2B in clean energy loans to S. Africa
The U.S. will offer South Africa up to $2 billion in loans to fund renewable energy ventures involving American companies, a top official said Monday, ...
1 Chinese worker killed, 2 injured at Zambia mine
Clashes at a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia have killed one Chinese worker and injured two others. The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the ...
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 ...