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Abbas determined to seek UN nod for Palestine
After bitter rival Hamas held its own in a fierce battle with Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has no choice but to override U.S.
Oil prices climb on new Gaza-Israel fears
Oil prices climbed Friday after Israeli troops fired on crowds in Gaza surging toward the border fence, killing one Palestinian. Benchmark crude ended ...
A look at powers decreed by Egypt's president
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi issued decrees giving himself broad powers and effectively neutering the judiciary. Morsi, an Islamist hailing from ...
Two powers, Qatar and Iran, try to sway Hamas
The courtship of Hamas between rivals Iran and Qatar has been one of the Middle East's intriguing subplots of the Arab Spring. The bloodshed in Gaza ...
AP PHOTOS: M23 rebels battle Congolese soldiers
M23, the eight-month-old rebel group made up of soldiers who defected from the Congolese army, has pushed beyond Goma, the bustling regional capital ...
Congo fires army chief after rebel seizure of Goma
Congo's president has suspended the army's chief of staff, following the publication of a United Nations report which reveals that Gen. Gabriel Amisi ...
Afghan suicide attack kills 3, wounds more than 90
A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing three Afghan civilians and wounding more than 90 ...
Pakistan to cut phone service to prevent attacks
Pakistan's interior minister said Friday that the government will suspend cell phone service in most parts of the country over the next two days to ...
Beijing's S. China Sea rivals protest passport map
China has enraged several neighbors with a few dashes on a map, printed in its newly revised passports that show it staking its claim on the entire ...
Analysis: With cease-fire, US pins hopes on Egypt
In Egypt we trust. In frantic diplomacy, the Obama administration helped seal a cease-fire that puts heavy responsibility on Egypt's young Islamist ...
4 Chinese oil workers freed by Colombian rebels
Four Chinese oil workers have been freed in the same southern jungles where the country's largest rebel group kidnapped them 17 months ago, police ...
Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers
Egypt's Islamist president unilaterally decreed greater authorities for himself Thursday and effectively neutralized a judicial system that had ...
Egypt Brotherhood leader blasts peace with Israel
The top leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood denounced peace efforts with Israel and urged holy war to liberate Palestinian territories on Thursday ...
Hamas cries victory; truce with Israel holds
Hamas leaders and thousands of flag-waving supporters declared victory over Israel on Gaza's first day of calm under an Egyptian-brokered truce ...
Israel says it arrests Tel Aviv bus bomber
Israeli authorities arrested an Arab Israeli on Thursday on accusations he planted a bomb on a bus in Tel Aviv that wounded 27 people and threatened ...
Southern Israelis disappointed by Gaza cease-fire
In this southern Israeli town, which has lived for nearly 13 years under the constant threat of rocket attacks from Gaza, there is little joy over a ...
Hamas emerges with gains from Israeli offensive
Hamas has emerged from battle with the triumphal sense of a hard-won game change: By stopping its offensive when it did, Israel's hard-line government ...
Winners and losers from Gaza fighting
After eight days of the fiercest fighting in years, a cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers could usher in a new era ...
Correction: Egypt-Weapons story
In a story Nov. 21 about a munitions seizure in Egypt, The Associated Press erroneously reported that troops from a multinational observer force in ...
Syrian rebels strengthen hold in country's east
Syrian rebels strengthened their hold Thursday on an oil-rich province bordering Iraq, activists said, capturing a key military base that was ...
Congo rebels, military battle over eastern town
Congolese soldiers and rebel fighters battled for hours over the eastern town of Sake on Thursday, forcing thousands of people to flee as the ...
Blogger's death in Iran window onto cyber patrols
In his last blog entry, activist Sattar Beheshti wrote that Iranian authorities had given him an ultimatum: Either stop posting his "big mouth" ...
Former Ivory Coast leader's wife wanted by ICC
The International Criminal Court unsealed an indictment Thursday against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's wife on charges including ...
Sudan says it foils a military coup
Sudanese authorities said they arrested 13 people on Thursday, including the once-powerful head of national security, on suspicion of involvement in ...
Baghdad, Kurds trade accusations of troop buildup
Baghdad and Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region accused each other Thursday of rushing troops into disputed border regions amid heightened tensions ...