Israeli premier names new defense minister
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed on Sunday a hard-line former military chief as the country's new defense minister. Moshe Yaalon, ...
Albania offer for asylum to Iranian group rejected
An Iranian opposition group on Saturday turned down Albania's offer of asylum to 210 of its members who are living at a former U.S. military base near ...
Obama aim: Keep Mideast troubles from boiling over
When President Barack Obama steps into the Middle East's political cauldron this coming week, he won't be seeking any grand resolution for the ...
Pakistan government ends historic 5-year term
Pakistan's government passed a major milestone Saturday, with the parliament becoming the first democratically chosen body to finish its five-year ...
High-ranking Syrian general defects from army
One of the highest-ranking military officers yet to abandon Syrian President Bashar Assad defected to neighboring Jordan and said in an interview ...
Major issues in Pakistan's upcoming election
The Pakistan People's Party, which led the government for the past five years, faces a difficult challenge in the upcoming national election expected ...
France: Discretion needed to free Nigeria hostages
France is adopting a "determined and discrete" approach to safeguard the lives of eight French hostages kidnapped by extremist groups in and near ...
US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, killing 1
A helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan Saturday, killing one member of the U.S.-led coalition and injuring another in what was the second deadly ...
Political rivals vote for Zimbabwe referendum
Zimbabwe's longtime political rivals came together to vote 'Yes' in a referendum to accept a new constitution Saturday, but the rare consensus does ...
Congo M23 faction leader arrested in Rwanda
A faction of the M23 rebel group has regained control of all of the group's territory in eastern Congo, as the leader of its rival faction was ...
AP PHOTOS: A look at 2 years of conflict in Syria
Syrians marked the second anniversary of the revolt against President Bashar Assad on Friday, holding small protests and vigils inside the ...
UN adopts plan to combat violence against women
Conservative Muslim and Roman Catholic countries and liberal Western nations approved a U.N. blueprint to combat violence against women and girls, ...
Hugo Chavez coffin parades past Venezuela's ills
The road from the military academy where Hugo Chavez's body has been lying in state to the hilltop museum where he'll be displayed indefinitely is ...
House Democrat wants lethal aid for Syrian rebels
The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is calling on the Obama administration to train and arm select elements of the Syrian ...
US to beef up missile defense against NKorea
The Pentagon announced Friday it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to an Alaska-based missile defense system, responding to what it called ...
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 ...
Few protests on 2nd anniversary of Syrian uprising
On the second anniversary of Syria's uprising, there were only small protests and a few firecrackers defiantly popping in the capital of Damascus — ...
Netanyahu faces rocky future in new coalition
Forced to rely on the support of two fast-rising rivals in his new governing coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now faces a reshaped and ...
Obama needs to charm skeptical Israelis in visit
Barack Obama's vow to take his message straight to the public during his first presidential visit to Israel will be a tough sell with many Israelis ...
Man sentenced for NYC synagogue bomb plot
An Algerian New Yorker was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for plotting an attack on New York City synagogues, even as his lawyers continued ...
Egypt's president praises police despite criticism
Egypt's president praised the country's policemen on Friday despite public criticism over their violent response to anti-government demonstrations, ...
Head of US Africa command warns of Islamic threat
The chief of the U.S. Africa Command warned on Friday that threats from Islamic extremists in Africa are increasing and if unchecked could pose a ...
UN says US drones violate Pakistan's sovereignty
The head of a U.N. team investigating casualties from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan declared after a secret research trip to the country that the ...
Afghan intelligence: Massive truck bomb seized
The Afghan intelligence service says it has seized a massive truck bomb packed with 17,200 pounds of explosives on the eastern outskirts of Kabul.
Zimbabwe to vote on new constitution
One campaign ad on the Internet shows video footage of a lawmaker in Zimbabwe's tenuous coalition government punching a Cabinet minister appointed by ...
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