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WASHINGTON (AP) :The White House said yesterday that President Barack Obama has the authority to continue United States military action in Libya even without authorisation from critical lawmakers in Congress.In a detailed, 30-page report being sent to...

ARIZONA (AP) :The fire burning in eastern Arizona's Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest is now the largest in state history, although nowhere near the most damaging to homes.The Wallow fire has forced nearly 10,000 people to evacuate in several small...

DEXTER, (AP) While known at school as a fun-loving kindergarten teacher whose students made ice cream and tie-dyed shirts, Amy Lake was living a nightmare at home as she sought to protect herself and her children from an estranged husband who threatened...

TRIPOLI (AP):A NATO air strike hit an area near Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's compound in the capital again yesterday, as military leaders voiced concerns about sustaining the operations if the alliance mission drags on.A column of grey smoke could be...

BOYNUYOGUN (AP): Syrian tanks and the government's most loyal troops pushed into more towns and villages yesterday, trying to snuff out any chance that the uprising against President Bashar Assad could gain a base for a wider armed rebellion....

Business leaders have warned that government plans to create a temporary workforce of overseas skilled migrants will be "incredibly disruptive" to Britain's economic recovery...

Syrian government forces have advanced into the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour, as part of a widespread government crackdown.

Pakistani police are reporting that at least 15 people have been killed after two explosions ripped through a market in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.

MOSCOW, Russia (AP): A devastating wave of wildfires across Russia could ravage millions of acres of forests and cause worse damage than last year's catastrophic forest and peat-bog fires, environmentalists and officials said yesterday....

The al-Qaida terrorist network has issued a warning to the United States of America that it is still a major target.

Embattled former chief of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has pleaded not guilty of the sex assualt charges in his first court appearance today.

Pope Benedict XVI strongly backed Croatia's bid to join the European Union (EU) as he arrived in the Balkan nation Saturday, but said he could understand fears among eurosceptics of the EU's "overly strong" centralised bureaucracy.