Four people, including a 6-year-old girl, are dead and another is in the hospital after police say a man opened fire on his relatives as they gathered for a Thans...

The Colombian government Thursday authorized the Catholic Church to begin direct negotiations with the FARC over the liberation of hostages. Monsignor Dario Castrillon...

Russian human rights activists are voicing cautious optimism that an investigation ordered by President Dmitry Medvedev might dig up some truth about the mysterious...

A recently completed peace deal with an Islamic militant group in Libya will help pave the way for the political opening and economic modernization of Libya, Saif al...

Down come the cheesy Che Guevara posters in student bedsits across the land. Off come the T-shirts wittily emblazoned with a hammer and sickle. Twenty years after...

The board of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency Friday sharply criticized Iran’s nuclear activities in a resolution. Twenty-five of the 35 members...

President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Thanksgiving but offered...

Nigeria — A wary peace has settled over this strategic region, a major world oil supplier and for years a combustible nexus of third world militancy, deprivation and...

The former British ambassador to the United States claims that the Bush administration was looking for a link between the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and...

Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s estranged wife is seeking euro43 million ($65 million) a year in alimony in a divorce case she launched after her husband was...

Suspicions by Pakistan’s powerful army that the country’s civilian leadership is growing too close to the United States are fueling a political crisis that...

Robert Gabriel Mugabe is a man of extremes. His reactions are very seldom ‘middle of the road’ – no, he prefers the sublime or the ridiculous. Nothing in...

Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling...

Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, following a day of...

Americans focused on a U.S. military assault more likely are thinking about how President Barack Obama will pursue war in Afghanistan — not Cuba. But the siege...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview that crime gangs and drug cartels were “taking over Mexico” before he launched his offensive against...

Investors sold banking stocks across Europe and Asia and jacked up the price of insuring against Dubai defaults, a day after the government said it would take charge of...

One of Africa’s most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and...

Lining the top of a steep slope down to the water is a row of solid but rustic wooden homes. A short walk into the brush behind, manioc root crops, and maybe some bean...

I thought I’d write down my thoughts for Adha Eid, to brief you all on how Jordanian citizens are celebrating it, or not celebrating it. But before briefing you up,...