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Hosni Mubarak CAIRO--An Egyptian court ordered Thursday the release of the two sons of ousted president Hosni Mubarak pending a corruption retrial, a...

Syria's Moalem and his Russian counterpart CAIRO--Syria's regime-tolerated domestic opposition and members of the main exiled group demanding the president's ouster met Thursday...

  MANILA-- Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina has ordered an investigation of reports that some of the money meant...

Joseph Kabila KINSHASHA--Violence in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, claimed 12 lives in three days of protests against President Joseph...

  MANILA-- Malacañang assured on Thursday that the government is eyeing for a long-term solution to the traffic congestion in the country's capital. Communication...

Indonesian President DENPASAR, INDONESIA--An Australian drug smuggler on death row in Indonesia has lost his appeal for presidential clemency, an official said Thursday,...

Edgar Lungu LUSAKA--Zambia's ruling party candidate Edgar Lungu was Thursday leading in the race to replace the late president Michael Sata, authorities said...

  BEIRUT--Thirteen people were killed in Syrian government raids using barrel bombs dropped by helicopter on a rebel-held area of central Homs province, a...

  GOMA, DR CONGO--Police fired on Thursday on protesters opposed to President Joseph Kabila in the town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic...

  BAGHDAD--A suicide attack in the Taji area, north of the Iraqi capital, killed at least seven people and wounded 17 on Thursday, security...

  KIEV--More than 5,000 have been killed and a million forced out of their homes by the nine-month conflict raging over the Russian-speaking separatist...

Kim Jong-Un BEIJING--China would welcome a visit by Kim Jong-Un to Moscow, a government spokeswoman said Thursday, amid speculation that the North Korean...

  KARACHI--Pakistani marine forces have arrested 38 Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, police said on Thursday. Pakistan's Maritime Security...

Albert del Rosario MANILA--China's reclamation of land in disputed South China Sea waters is a "threat" to all nations in Southeast Asia, the...

  KATHMANDU--Nepal's opposition lawmakers brought parliament to a standstill Thursday, just hours before a midnight deadline to agree on a constitution, as public frustration...

  Yangon---The US has urged Myanmar to investigate the deaths of two teachers who activists claim were raped and murdered by government troops, as...

  Beirut---Syria's opposition interim government said Thursday it had received $6 million from the United States in the first direct US financial support for...

  Kiev---Ukraine on Thursday blamed pro-Russian insurgents for the shelling of a trolleybus that killed at least 13 people near the centre of the...