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Spain can't continue much longer with its current high borrowing rates, the prime minister warned Wednesday as he urged a joint European response to keep the region's debt problems from gettin…
Syria's oil minister acknowledged the heavy toll international sanctions have taken on the country's oil sector, saying Wednesday that they had sucked about $4 billion from the economy.
Turkmenistan has signed a natural gas deal with Pakistan and India in a significant boost to the proposed construction of a 1,800-kilometer (1,100-mile) pipeline across Afghanistan.
AMMAN, Jordan - The United Nations' atomic watchdog agency said it was close to a deal giving inspectors access to some of Iran's disputed nuclear sites, providing a dose of optimism as diplom…
BEIRUT - The leader of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah appealed for calm Tuesday after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiite…
KABUL - Ryan Crocker, a respected diplomat who came out of retirement to become the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, is leaving his post this summer, a year ahead of schedule.
Pakistanis fear standoff with NATO could reduce aid, isolate the nationWed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700
ISLAMABAD - As U.S. frustration with Pakistan's six-month blockade of Afghanistan-bound supplies became painfully apparent at the NATO summit in Chicago, Pakistanis are growing worried that th…
VATICAN CITY - The Legion of Christ religious order, already discredited for concealing the crimes of its pedophile founder, suffered another blow to its credibility Tuesday after its superior…
North Korea
Malaysian prosecutors have again charged the government's most prominent challenger, alleging that he and two allies broke various laws during a massive street rally to demand electoral fairness.
A fearsome rattle of gunfire from the sky. The roar of helicopters descending on a tiny, Honduran town. And the sound of commandos speaking in English as they battered down doors and detained …
She has her uncle's penchant for speaking her mind. From her father, she inherited a disciplined tenacity.
The leader of a radical left Greek coalition some see as the front-runner in fresh elections due next month warned the EU Tuesday that austerity measures championed by Germany could ultimately…
The Italian government is to free up to (EURO)30 billion ($38.25 billion) to make overdue payments to businesses that have supplied goods or services to state institutions.
Days after four people died amid a traffic jam of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's lit…
First, videos of rude foreigners went viral in Chinese cyberspace, then a Beijing police crackdown on visitors without valid visas drew fervent applause, and finally, a state TV host urged his…
HAVANA - It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web c…
BIREH, Lebanon - Syria's war barreled over the border with an angry, raucous funeral Monday for an anti-Syrian cleric whose killing set off a night of deadly street battles in Beirut and raise…
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KATMANDU, Nepal - Three climbers died and two others were missing while descending from the summit of Mount Everest - a toll that raised concerns about overcrowding in the "death zone" at the …
SANAA, Yemen - A suicide bomber targeted soldiers rehearsing Monday for a military parade here, killing as many as 112 people and signaling that Islamic extremists may be shifting their focus …
CHICAGO - President Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting and dying there for two more years, acknowledg…
MEXICO CITY - The army charged Monday that the top leaders of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel ordered underlings to leave 49 mutilated bodies in a northern Mexico town square, then had ban…
New Zealand says it will withdraw its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned.
Sri Lanka's former army chief, who was imprisoned after losing an election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was released from prison Monday to thousands of cheering supporters.
