Japanese mayor: Wartime sex slaves were necessary
An outspoken nationalist mayor said the Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to ...
Violent separatists seek to derail Pakistan vote
The graffiti on walls around this Pakistani provincial capital hold a dire warning ahead of this weekend's national elections, "Voting means death.
Serbian lawmakers vote to support Kosovo deal
Serbian lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly supported an agreement normalizing relations with breakaway Kosovo, a potentially landmark deal that could ...
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 ...
Qatar faces backlash among rebel groups in Syria
In a war-battered suburb of Damascus, a commander for one of the smaller nationalist brigades fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad ...
Japan war shrine reflects ruling party nationalism
Visits by Cabinet ministers and lawmakers to a shrine honoring Japan's war dead, including 14 World War II leaders convicted of atrocities, signal ...
Japan war shrine visits anger China, South Korea
Dozens of Japanese lawmakers paid homage at a national war shrine Tuesday morning, risking more anger from neighbors South Korea and China over visits ...
Sinn Fein chief testifies vs. brother in rape case
The leader of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein testified Monday in a Belfast court against his own brother, who faces criminal charges of raping ...
Kosovo, Serbia close to deal but questions remain
Kosovo's prime minister summed up sentiment on both sides: "Don't expect us to start loving each other." Hashim Thaci spoke days after he reached a ...
New leader to head Egypt's Jewish community
Egypt's Jewish community has announced that it has elected the daughter of a well-known leftist and nationalist icon to protect its heritage and care ...
Serbia to reject EU-brokered Kosovo deal
Serbia will on Monday reject a European Union-brokered deal for its former province of Kosovo, the country's most powerful leader said — a defiant ...
New fears in Sri Lanka amid anti-Muslim campaign
A red-robed Buddhist monk calmly picked up stones and hurled them at a security camera. Then, as police looked on, his followers smashed up a popular, ...
Apple apologizes in China after service criticism
Apple apologized to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic ...
Election dispute big test for Kenya's top judge
Confidence was so low in Kenya's courts after its 2007 election that people preferred to settle their disputes with machetes and bows and arrows.
Malta election returning Labor party to power
An election victory is returning Malta's Labor party to power after 15 years in the opposition. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi of the Nationalist Party ...
China's Xi rides high hopes ahead of presidency
China's fawning state media, jaded social media commentators and even poor corn and cabbage farmers agree: New Communist Party chief Xi Jinping is off ...
Retired Russian colonel convicted of coup attempt
A retired Russian military intelligence colonel has been found guilty of leading a bizarre plot that envisioned a group of elderly people taking over ...
SAfrica prosecutor: Congo rebels wanted coup, war
Nineteen alleged members of a Congolese rebel group — including one U.S. citizen — sought outside help in their effort to overthrow Congolese ...
Ultranationalists angry over Serbia-Kosovo meeting
Serbian ultranationalists held a rally on Tuesday to accuse their country's president of treason for agreeing to hold talks with the president of ...
Extreme-right supporters stage big Athens march
More than 5,000 supporters of Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party have marched past the U.S. Embassy in Athens, chanting anti-Turkish, anti-U.S.
Alphabet dispute revives old injuries in Croatia
Can Vukovar also be Bykobap? Whether the name of the war-scarred town on the Danube is written in the Latin or Cyrillic alphabet is a sensitive ...
Militant groups clash in Pakistan, 24 killed
'Two Islamic militant groups clashed Saturday over control of a prized valley in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens ...
Weak infrastructure holds back Indonesian economy
Months behind schedule, the construction crew racing to finish a highway encircling Indonesia's traffic-choked capital is being blocked by a ...
Israeli PM faces tough choice if re-elected
After a lackluster three-month campaign, few doubt that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to re-election. But the makeup of Netanyahu's ...
UN apologizes for Serb nationalist song ovation
The United Nations apologized Thursday for the ovation given to a militant Serb nationalist song performed at a concert honoring Serbia's presidency ...
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