ISLAMABAD--Pakistan's lower house of parliament Tuesday approved the setting-up of military courts to hear terrorism-related cases, after a Taliban massacre at a military-run...
ISLAMABAD--Pakistan's lower house of parliament Tuesday approved the setting-up of military courts to hear terrorism-related cases, after a Taliban massacre at a military-run...
France's PM PARIS--The tragic case of a dead Roma baby refused burial in a Paris suburb has underscored the plight of the community...
RIYADH--Saudi authorities on Tuesday beheaded a Syrian convicted of drugs trafficking, the interior ministry said, in the third execution this year in the...
Hong Kong leader HONG KONG--Hong Kong's leader Tuesday warned against fresh pro-democracy protests ahead of the next step in the city's contentious political...
KARACHI---Two paramilitary soldiers were killed and a passer-by injured during a shootout with Taliban militants in the port city of Karachi Tuesday, officials...
CAIRO---Gunmen shot dead two Egyptian policemen in a pre-dawn attack while they were on patrol Tuesday in the southern city of Minya, the...
Khaleda Zia DHAKA---Bangladeshi opposition leader Khaleda Zia should expect to be charged with murder after an arson attack by her supporters which left...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi---Gunmen dressed in military fatigues burst into a bar and shot dead three ruling party activists before torching the local party office,...
GUATEMALA CITY---Guatemala's ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt was hauled to court on a stretcher Monday to attend his retrial on genocide charges before proceedings...
LOS ANGELES---Nearly 30,000 motorists applied for driving licenses in California on the first weekend of a new law offering them to people in...
President Juan Manuel Santos BOGOTA---Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday urged the country's second-largest rebel force, the National Liberation Army, to join...
WASHINGTON---The US House of Representatives will vote Friday on a bill authorizing construction of the Canada-to-US Keystone XL oil pipeline, currently blocked by...
WELLINGTON---New Zealand scientists warned South Island residents to expect a swarm of aftershocks following a strong early morning six-magnitude earthquake Tuesday that caused...
David Buckley WASHINGTON---The CIA's inspector general will resign this month but US officials said Monday his departure is not related to his finding...
WASHINGTON---The number of Cubans trying to reach the US illegally by sea surged in December, after Havana and Washington announced a landmark rapprochement,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States---Syria has complained to the United Nations after US Senator John McCain, former French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner and other...
Bill de Blasio NEW YORK---New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and police commissioner Bill Bratton on Monday criticized dozens of officers for turning...
BANJUL, Gambia---Gambian authorities let a popular radio station resume broadcasting Monday, days after closing it down as part of a crackdown, as long...
