GUIGLO (AP):The young man in civilian clothes did not have the right answers for troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara and they suspected he was a fighter backing his rival for the presidency.
MEXICO CITY (AP):The Mexican government says the United States has offered to send two C-130 transport planes to help fight brush fires near the Texas border.The Mexican Environment Department says the fires have burned about a quarter of a million...
CAIRO (AP):Ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained yesterday for investigation of corruption, abuse of power and killings of protesters, bringing cheers of victory from activists who hoped it marked a turning point in Egypt's...
DOHA, (AP):Libya's rebels are urging the United States to reassert a stronger role in airstrikes on Moammar Gaddafi's forces amid growing calls from some international allies for more aggressive action.One of the loudest voices calling for a more robust...
Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered the detention of former President Hosni Mubarak, ahead of an investigation into corruption and abuse allegations.
MINSK, (AP)The toll in the Belarus subway bombing rose to 12 dead and more than 200 wounded.According to authorities, several persons have since been detained in what they are calling a terrorist attack.
KABUL, (AP)A roadside bomb killed two Afghan police officers as they were destroying opium poppies in the southern province of Kandahar yesterday, while three children died from an insurgent grenade tossed during a NATO...
VATICAN CITY (AP) The Vatican has ordered a Belgian bishop who resigned last year after admitting he had sexually abused his nephew to no longer act as a priest in public and warned that he may risk further church sanctions.The Vatican...
A month after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, the challenges seem as daunting as ever: Thousands are missing and feared dead, tens of thousands have fled their homes, a leaking nuclear plant remains crippled; and powerful aftershocks keep coming.
Authorities say a suspect in the kidnapping and killing of bus passengers near the United States (US) border has led Mexican soldiers to another set of clandestine graves containing 16 corpses.
China has ordained a new Catholic bishop approved by the Vatican for the first time since ties between the sides soured last year, according to church figures.
An explosion tore through a key subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk yesterday, killing 11 people and wounding 126. According to an official, the blast was a terrorist act.
An Indonesian law-maker who helped pass a tough anti-pornography law resigned yesterday after he got caught watching sexually explicit videos on his computer during a parliamentary debate.
(AP)Shots rang out after the Syrian army sealed off the key port city of Banias yesterday where anti-government protesters turned out, undaunted by the regime's use of deadly force to quell more than three weeks...
AJDABIYA, Libya (AP):Libyan rebels said NATO airstrikes yesterday helped them drive Moammar Gadhafi's forces out of a hard-fought eastern city that is the gateway to the opposition's stronghold.Four airstrikes...
CAIRO (AP):In the first remarks since his ouster, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied he abused his authority to amass wealth and property in a speech broadcast yesterday, as hundreds of protesters occupying ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have detained two more activists advocating democratic reforms in the oil-rich Gulf nation where most political activity ...
Republicans and Democrats have reached a deal on the US budget, an hour before a deadline that would have forced the government to close many services.
BEIRUT (AP)A mass protest calling for sweeping changes in Syria's authoritarian regime turned bloody yesterday, with the government and protesters both claiming to have sustained heavy casualties in a restive southern city as the country's three-week...
MATAMOROS (AP):Investigators have uncovered 13 more bodies in mass graves in the violent northern state of Tamaulipas, where 59 dead were exhumed earlier this week, officials said yesterday.
ALGIERS, (AP):Algeria's ruling party called yesterday for a halt to international airstrikes on neighbouring Libya and "an immediate stop to fighting" there between rebels and forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.
