Iranian cleric says women can't be president
A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the ...
Court denies US asylum to German home-schoolers
A federal appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family that fled Germany so they could home-school their children, after ruling that U.S.
Gitmo prisoner: Obama has 'abandoned' detainees
A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison. "I believe that ...
Anti-militias protesters attacked in Libya
Scores of Libyan militiamen descended on rally in the nation's capital, Tripoli, kicking and beating protesters who had taken to the streets Friday ...
Libya's new charter can shoot down contentious law
A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the ...
Italy's ex-premier Giulio Andreotti dies at 94
Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the ...
Chile's Bachelet courts Communists for big reforms
Communist and other leftists were considered enemies of the state during Chile's military dictatorship, a 17-year period that saw thousands of people ...
Storming ministries, Libya's militias put pressure
Gunmen swooped in on trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and surrounded Libya's Justice Ministry on Tuesday, cutting off roads and forcing ...
Pirate Party has electoral breakthrough in Iceland
Iceland, a nation of seafarers, has been stormed by pirates. They won't be forming the government, but online freedom advocates the Pirate Party were ...
US panel: Afghans need more religious freedom
Despite significant improvements since the hard-line Taliban ruled Afghanistan, religious freedom remains poor, especially for minorities, and Afghans ...
Irish court: No 'right to die' for paralyzed woman
A paralyzed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner's help, Ireland's Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that ...
Kurdish rebels to retreat from Turkey to Iraq
Kurdish rebels will start withdrawing thousands of guerrilla fighters from Turkey on May 8 and retreat across the border to northern Iraq, a rebel ...
Pakistan government says it won't charge Musharraf
Pakistan's caretaker government told the Supreme Court on Monday it will not file treason charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf but ...
Egyptian Jewish leader buried in rundown cemetery
The late leader of Egypt's dwindling and aging Jewish community was buried Thursday in one the oldest cemeteries in Egypt, the once-sprawling burial ...
Kenyan parliament fights to retain lavish pay
Even before they begin their latest session in earnest, newly elected Kenyan parliamentarians are demanding a pay increase, and legislator Mithika ...
Report: US resorted to torture after 9/11 terror
An independent review of the U.S. government's anti-terrorism response after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks reported Tuesday that it is "indisputable" ...
Judges deny Calif. bid to end prison oversight
A federal judicial panel on Thursday denied Gov. Jerry Brown's request to lift a court-ordered prison population cap and threatened him and other ...
SD Sen. Johnson says he now supports gay marriage
South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson, who announced his retirement last month, has reversed his position on gay marriage, saying Monday that he supports the ...
Al-Qaida leader urges Muslims to unite in struggle
Al-Qaida's leader has urged Muslims in Arab Spring countries to unite to institute an Islamic state, while warning France that its intervention in ...
'At fertilization' declaration gives some pause
A phrase declaring that life begins "at fertilization" tucked into new abortion legislation in Kansas is creating concern among abortion rights ...
Sweeping anti-abortion bill goes to Kansas gov.
Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure Friday night, sending Gov. Sam Brownback a bill that declares life begins ...
Feds retain control of Calif. prison mental health
A federal judge on Friday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's bid to regain state control of inmates' mental health care, citing systematic failures to reduce ...
Candidates in Pakistan vote face oddball questions
Aslam Khan Khattak passed his first — and perhaps most curious — test this week in his quest to become a member of Pakistan's parliament: He correctly ...
Prospects for arms treaty all but dead in Senate
Senate opponents of a treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade said Wednesday they have the votes to block ratification of the ...
Anxiety ahead of Supreme Court judgment in Kenya
Kenya is on edge awaiting the Supreme Court decision Saturday on whether it will uphold or invalidate the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president, a ...
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