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Korea talks raise hopes; history may scuttle them
June 11, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore scrapped joint economic projects and ease animosity marked by recent threats o... more »»
US secrets leaker has options to stay in Hong Kong
June 11, 2013 HONG KONG (AP) — The American defense contractor who says he leaked information on classified U.. more »»
Insurgents battle Afghan forces near Kabul airport
June 10, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least five heavily armed insurgents were engaged in an hours-long gunbattle with security forces near Afghanistan's main airport Monday after they apparently tried to... more »»
2 Koreas to hold senior-level meeting in Seoul
June 10, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea agreed early Monday to hold senior-level talks this week in Seoul, a breakthrough of sorts to ease tensions after Pyongyang's recent threats of nuclea... more »»
Anti-Hezbollah protester killed in Lebanon
June 10, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Men wielding batons and wearing yellow arm bands evoking Lebanon's Hezbollah attacked protesters outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Sunday during a rally against the militant group'... more »»
South Africa: family visits Nelson Mandela
June 10, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela received visits from family members on Sunday at a hospital where the former president and anti-apartheid leader was being treated for a recurring lung infection,... more »»
Libya army chief resigns after clash in Benghazi
June 10, 2013 TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — One of Libya's highest military officers resigned Sunday after clashes between protesters and a government-aligned militia he was in charge of left 31 people dead in the easter... more »»
Turkey's leader lambasts protesters
June 10, 2013 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a series of increasingly belligerent speeches to cheering supporters Sunday, Turkey's prime minister demanded an end to the 10-day anti-government protests that have spread... more »»
Budapest braces for swollen Danube
June 10, 2013 BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in a region of eastern Germany where the Elbe river has flooded and burst through a dam, while swollen Danube was approaching... more »»
In Iran vote, reformists struggle with few options
June 10, 2013 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Despite four years of non-stop pressure, arrests and intimidation, Iran's dissidents still find ways to show their resilienc. more »»
2 Koreas to talk in border village after tensions
June 9, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea will meet in a village straddling their heavily armed border Sunday for the first government-level talks on the peninsula in more than two years as... more »»
Italy protests Vienna pub making fun of mob's dead
June 9, 2013 ROME (AP) — Italy has complained to Austrian authorities on Saturday about a Vienna pub selling sandwiches named after Italians slain by Sicilian mobsters. more »»
Man faces manslaughter over Paris activist's death
June 9, 2013 PARIS (AP) — Thousands of supporters marched in grief and anger Saturday to honor an anti-fascist activist who died after a brawl with far-right militants, as authorities opened a manslaughter probe... more »»
Pooches, owners march for more dog-friendly Paris
June 9, 2013 PARIS (AP) — Some Parisians want just a little bit more of their city to go to the dogs. more »»
Car bomb kills 7 people in central Syrian city
June 9, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car Saturday in Syria's central city of Homs, tearing through an area largely populated by the regime's Alawite sect and killing seven... more »»
Insider attack kills 3 Americans in Afghanistan
June 9, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man in an Afghan army uniform turned his weapon on American trainers working with him in the country's east on Saturday, killing three of them, while an attacker with a... more »»
Turkey PM's party rules out early elections
June 9, 2013 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police in Ankara fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse thousands of people protesting near government buildings on Saturday, as Turkey's biggest wave of... more »»
South Africa: Mandela has lung infection
June 9, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans on Saturday said their thoughts were with former President Nelson Mandela, who was in "serious but stable" condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated... more »»
Putin's divorce breaks taboo in Russian politics
June 8, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin's divorce from his wife of nearly 30 years has broken a taboo for Russian officials, who almost never speak publicly about their personal life let alone their personal... more »»
Egypt's president dismisses calls for early vote
June 8, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's embattled president on Friday dismissed calls for early presidential elections as clashes erupted in a northern Egyptian city and unidentified assailants torched a Cairo campaig... more »» |
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