2013-05-23 00:29:28
The two attackers allegedly slashed their victim to death with knives or machete-like weapons, before being shot and wounded by police.
2013-05-23 00:23:24
Leader Kim Jong Un sent his first special envoy to China, amid signs that his government was trying to mend strained ties with Beijing.
2013-05-23 00:20:33
The repressed president vows to challenge the ruling by election overseers to block his protege from the June 14 ballot.
2013-05-23 00:10:44
Most automobiles their journey by ship to a new world of unpaved roads, kidnappers and Islamist militants after being auctioned to middlemen
2013-05-23 00:08:24
They include Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen.
2013-05-23 00:05:47
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday that there was "no circumstance that will allow me to stay as president."
2013-05-22 18:04:39
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The Indonesian government and a United States-based mining company will appoint an independent team to investigate the
2013-05-22 18:04:26
BEIJING -- Geologists have discovered a large gold mine in the western part of the region of Xinjiang, a vast area that Chinese leaders are
2013-05-22 18:04:13
MOSCOW -- The Georgian authorities charged one of President Mikheil Saakashvili's top political partners with embezzlement and abuse of powe
2013-05-22 18:04:00
ROME -- An Italian judge on Wednesday ordered the captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia to stand trial on manslaughter and other charge
2013-05-22 18:03:47
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A factory building that collapsed last month outside Dhaka, killing over 1,000 workers in the deadliest disaster in the
2013-05-22 18:03:35
LONDON -- In an attack that raised new fears of terrorism in Britain, a man walking on Wednesday near a military barracks in south London wa
2013-05-22 18:03:22
BERLIN -- Two of Europe's most powerful countries, Britain and Germany, have thrown their weight behind a push for the European Union to des
2013-05-22 00:09:58
The country's top court overturned the conviction of Efrain Rios Montt in a genocide case involving the massacre of thousands of Mayans.
2013-05-22 00:06:32
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,a Islamic revolution leader, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a favorite of President Ahmadinejad, were found unfit.
2013-05-22 00:06:06
They issue new conditions linked to tentative international peace conference.
2013-05-22 00:01:49
At the end of Mass, Pope Francis blessed several, including a man possessed by the devil, according to the priest who brought him.
2013-05-22 00:00:58
More evidence is needed in order to try them in a U.S. civilian court, as the Obama administration prefers.
2013-05-21 18:04:51
JERUSALEM -- Israel said Tuesday that it would permit Palestinians to fish up to six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, canceling the limit
2013-05-21 18:04:37
PARIS -- An essayist popular among French nationalists and on the political far right killed himself near the altar of the Cathedral of Notr
2013-05-21 18:04:24
WASHINGTON -- Countries around the world, including allies of the United States, have used laws on blasphemy and apostasy to suppress politi
2013-05-21 18:04:11
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- In another day of fierce fighting in the strategic Syrian town of Qusayr, government forces backed by fighters from the m
2013-05-21 18:03:58
MOSCOW -- In recent years, when public opinion turned against the Kremlin, there was one main way to find out about it -- the Levada Center,
2013-05-21 18:03:45
MOSCOW -- Georgian police have arrested four men who took part in a mob attack on a gay rights demonstration in Tbilisi that injured dozens,
2013-05-21 18:03:32
Parma -- The Five Star Movement of Beppe Grillo, the comedian turned political insurrectionist, won municipal elections a year ago in this s
2013-05-21 18:03:20
TEHRAN -- A former president and a close ally of the departing president were both barred Tuesday from running for president of Iran, a deci
2013-05-21 18:03:07
MOSCOW -- Gérard Depardieu may have renounced his French nationality as a protest against high taxes and became a citizen of Russia i
2013-05-21 00:16:54
After meeting privately with President Thein Sein, President Obama told reporters that Myanmar must release more political prisoners.
2013-05-21 00:11:57
Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country.
2013-05-21 00:05:02
Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks, charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's army.
2013-05-21 00:04:24
The Lebanese Hezbollah movement has portrayed its involvement in fighting around Qusair as an effort to defend Shiites.
2013-05-20 18:04:50
KHASAVYURT, Russia -- The slender man of 22, a former guerrilla fighter, was making another hangdog, penitent appearance at the behest of ci
2013-05-20 18:04:37
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea launched two short-range projectiles into waters off its east coast for a third straight day on Monday, of
2013-05-20 18:04:24
MOSCOW -- Twin car bombings in the capital of Russia's volatile Dagestan republic on Monday killed three people and injured at least 44 more
2013-05-20 18:04:11
MOSCOW -- Georgian television captured clear images as a mob of more than 20,000 attacked a small gay rights march in downtown Tbilisi on Fr
2013-05-20 18:03:58
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- After weeks of legal setbacks, Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, won a small victory on Monday amid
2013-05-20 18:03:45
An unemployed former security guard shot and killed four people in a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday hours after th
2013-05-20 18:03:32
NEW DELHI -- The leaders of India and China papered over their recent border spat on Monday with a friendly joint statement and an array of
2013-05-20 18:03:18
WASHINGTON -- Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China's People's Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had
2013-05-20 18:03:04
McGill University in Montreal announced last week a new $58 million collaboration between the Rossy Cancer Network and its teaching hospital
2013-05-20 18:02:51
MOSCOW -- A former senior Justice Department official at the American Embassy here was declared "persona non grata" and barred from Russia t
2013-05-20 18:02:38
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Fighting raged for the second day on Monday in the strategic Syrian city of Qusayr, as government forces, backed by Shiit
2013-05-20 18:02:26
BAGHDAD -- A wave of car bombings and gunfire attacks hit cities in Iraq overnight and on Monday, killing at least 76 people and wounding mo
2013-05-20 00:11:26
South Korea condemned the North's provocations and urged it to accept a proposal for dialogue.
2013-05-20 00:10:18
The military described the meeting between Gen. Ashfaq Kayani and Nawaz Sharif as a show of support for stronger democracy.
2013-05-20 00:09:51
The opposition said fighters from Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group allied with the Syrian government, are taking part in the siege.
2013-05-20 00:04:06
Finance Minister Yair Lapid's assessment was delivered in an interview just days before the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
2013-05-20 00:02:49
Premier Li Keqiang met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
2013-05-19 18:03:56
WASHINGTON -- When Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, clashed over Syria last year with Hillary Rodham Clinton, then the secretary
2013-05-19 18:03:44
Correction Appended
2013-05-19 18:03:30
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A spate of violence across Afghanistan has claimed the lives of nearly two dozen Afghan police officers and civilians
2013-05-19 18:03:17
KUANTAN, Malaysia -- Not long ago he was flirting with the idea of semiretirement, maybe a teaching job at an American university. But now A
2013-05-19 18:03:03
MAZE, Northern Ireland -- On a quiet country road south of Belfast, only the sudden appearance of a watchtower and portions of walls offer a
2013-05-19 18:02:50
HONG KONG -- Visitors from mainland China climb the narrow stairs to a cramped room here filled with forbidden delights: shelves of scandal-
2013-05-19 18:02:38
SEOUL -- North Korea launched a short-range projectile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, as South Korea condemned the North's provoc
2013-05-19 18:02:24
RUK, Pakistan -- Resplendent in his gleaming white uniform and peaked cap, jacket buttons tugging his plump girth, the stationmaster stood a
2013-05-19 18:02:11
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Voters in an upscale district of Karachi turned out in low numbers on Sunday for a repeat of the parliamentary electi
2013-05-19 18:01:58
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese fighters from the militant group Hezbollah pushed Sunday into parts of a stra
2013-05-19 00:16:52
The Syrian leader says in a newspaper interview that he will not step down, as has been demanded by those trying to overthrow his regime.
2013-05-19 00:05:39
A suspected U.S. air attack targets an al-Qaida-linked group in southern Yemen.
2013-05-19 00:02:26
Missiles were fired away from the South, testing the tentative calm that has emerged on the Korean peninsula after last month's tensions.
2013-05-18 18:05:16
PARIS -- The rush toward France's first same-sex marriage officially began Saturday morning, after President François Hollande signed
2013-05-18 18:05:02
MADAY ISLAND, Myanmar -- The pipelines are finished. The oil storage tanks gleam in the tropical sun. The deep-sea port set in jade-colored
2013-05-18 18:04:49
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea launched three short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, the South Korean Defense
2013-05-18 18:04:34
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, in a rare interview with a foreign newspaper, appeared to dismiss the possibility of
2013-05-18 18:04:19
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Even with some legal protections in place, Afghan women, and sometimes even little girls, can be sold to pay family de
2013-05-18 01:10:15
Meeting takes place as Russia plays down sending of warships to the Mediterranean.
2013-05-18 00:13:35
Karima el-Mahroug's testimony Friday confirms a sexually charged atmosphere at the get-togethers of the then-sitting Italian premier.
2013-05-18 00:11:10
The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears that the country could again be veering toward civil war.
2013-05-18 00:06:02
No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, but suspicion will likely fall on the Pakistani Taliban.
2013-05-17 18:05:02
PARIS -- The French police said on Thursday that a man entered the courtyard of a private Roman Catholic school in the upscale Seventh Arron
2013-05-17 18:04:50
DAKAR, Senegal -- The outpouring of support may be more a sign of nervousness than altruism.
2013-05-17 18:04:36
Greek high school teachers on Thursday called off a planned strike after the government essentially banned it by enacting an emergency law t
2013-05-17 18:04:24
MEXICO CITY -- In 1999, President Bill Clinton went to Guatemala and apologized. Just two weeks earlier, a United Nations truth commission f
2013-05-17 18:04:11
OTTAWA -- As far as YouTube hits go, Canada's contribution has not yet approached the popularity of South Korea's "Gangnam Style." And perha
2013-05-17 18:03:58
BERLIN -- For years, Japan and Europe have been the sick men of the world economy. This week, their paths diverged.
2013-05-17 18:03:45
WASHINGTON -- Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian go
2013-05-17 18:03:33
CAIRO -- The black flag of jihad flies over much of northern Syria. In the center of the country, pro-government militias and Hezbollah figh
2013-05-17 18:03:19
Jorge Rafael Videla, the military junta leader who oversaw a ruthless campaign of political killings and forced disappearances during Argent
2013-05-17 18:03:07
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- In what officials called the first major terrorist attack since last week's general elections, at least 13 people were
2013-05-17 18:02:54
BAGHDAD -- At least 66 people were killed in bomb blasts in Iraq on Friday, officials said, making it one of the bloodiest days this year as
2013-05-17 18:02:36
SANTIAGO, Chile -- A judge dismissed an appeal to suspend involuntary manslaughter charges against four government officials accused of fail
2013-05-17 18:02:15
DAKAR, Senegal -- The Nigerian military stepped up its assault on Islamist militants in northeastern Nigeria, military officials said Friday
2013-05-17 18:02:02
PARIS -- France's constitutional high court on Friday rejected legal challenges to legislation that grants same-sex couples the right to mar
2013-05-17 16:29:46
A small, dedicated group of Penguins fans in England are using social media to share their devotion to the team.
2013-05-17 00:16:29
President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front on Syria.
2013-05-17 00:14:46
In a country used to shortages, Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper.
2013-05-17 00:06:25
Retired officials consider Republican offer of pre-hearing session an "inappropriate precondition" to their desire to testify publicly.
2013-05-17 00:02:55
Two U.S. soldiers and four U.S. civilian security contractors died in the suicide bombing.
2013-05-16 00:30:55
President Goodluck Jonathan declared emergency rule in three northeastern states, giving powers to security forces against insurgents.
2013-05-16 00:30:04
More than 70 countries refused to vote "yes" because of its support for the main opposition group.
2013-05-16 00:28:07
A case similar to this week's arrest and expulsion of a U.S. Embassy official was the second such case this year, Russian state TV reported.
2013-05-15 00:13:14
Gruesome video footage purportedly showing a Syrian commander mutilating the corpse of a dead soldier while shouting sectarian insults.
2013-05-15 00:06:40
The test flight could eventually open the way for the United States to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world.
2013-05-15 00:04:50
By late Tuesday, more than 7 million people had viewed the astronaut's cover of David Bowie's ethereal 1969 hit "Space Oddity."
2013-05-15 00:03:59
A political aide to the prime minister of Japan made a sudden, rare visit to North Korea on Tuesday.
2013-05-14 00:34:55
The presumptive prime minister said Monday that he wants good relations with the United States but criticized U.S. drone strikes.
2013-05-14 00:14:45
The move follows a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in the country last month.
2013-05-14 00:08:50
Prime Minister David Cameron, who favors continued EU membership as long as Britain can reclaim some powers from Brussels.
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