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Imprisoned Palestinian leader's entry shakes up planned vote

A popular Palestinian leader imprisoned by Israel has registered his own parliamentary list in May elections, his supporters ...

Niger government confirms military coup attempt thwarted

Niger's security forces thwarted an attempted military coup at the West African country's presidential palace overnight just ...

Junta's foes woo ethnic allies with new Myanmar constitution

Opponents of Myanmar’s military government declared the country’s 2008 constitution void and put forward an interim ...

UN envoy: Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war

The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented ...

'United States of Al' puts war buddies on sitcom footing

The makers of “United States of Al” are keenly aware they're treading on sensitive ground with the new CBS series about two ...

Editorial Roundup: US

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 31 The Miami Herald on a proposed law that would ...

Serb accused of 1999 massacre of 130 men arrested in Kosovo

Kosovo’s police on Wednesday arrested a Serb who is accused of war crimes during the 1998-1999 war. A statement from the ...

BBC correspondent leaves China amid safety concerns

A veteran BBC correspondent whose coverage angered China has left the country amid concerns for his safety, the BBC and a ...

A growing challenge for Iraq: Iran-aligned Shiite militias

It was a stark message: A convoy of masked Shiite militiamen, armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, drove ...

Embattled Central African Republic president begins 2nd term

President Faustin Archange Touadera was sworn in for a second term Tuesday in Central African Republic as he faces a growing ...

US arrests Bosnian fugitive wanted for 1994 military killing

A former Bosnian soldier who fled custody while awaiting trial for murder in the 1994 killing of a fellow military officer ...

France rejects UN report its forces targeted Mali wedding

A U.N. investigation concluded Tuesday that a French airstrike in Mali had killed 19 civilians attending a wedding ...

International court upholds Congolese warlord's conviction

International Criminal Court appeals judges on Tuesday upheld the convictions and 30-year prison sentence of a Congolese ...

Myanmar junta deepens violence with new air attacks

Violence in eastern Myanmar, including air raids that drove thousands of members of the Karen ethnic minority to seek shelter ...

Rebels leave beheaded bodies in streets of Mozambique town

Fierce fighting for control of Mozambique's strategic northern town of Palma left beheaded bodies strewn in the streets ...

Belarus opens terrorism probe against opposition leader

Belarus authorities on Monday announced a criminal probe against the nation's top opposition figure on charges of terrorism, ...

Thousands flee Myanmar airstrikes, complicating crisis

Thai soldiers began sending back some of the thousands of people who have fled a series of airstrikes by the military in ...

Funerals become scenes of Myanmar resistance, more violence

Myanmar security forces opened fire Sunday on a crowd attending the funeral of student who was killed on the bloodiest day ...

Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 20 wounded

Two attackers believed to be members of a militant network that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group blew themselves ...

Myanmar forces kill scores in deadliest day since coup

As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country's capital, ...