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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Sunday a US$10 billion arms deal under discussion with Washington's Arab and Israeli allies sent a "very clear signal" to Tehran the military option remains on the table over its nuclear...
MOSCOW — Egypt, struggling to meet domestic energy demand, has asked Russia to help it fulfill its gas supply contracts with Europe, Russia's energy minister was quoted as saying Saturday.
He also said Egypt had offered some Russian...
The US government on Friday expressed concern about increasing crackdowns on civil liberties around the world, from Russia to Egypt and China, saying these and other countries were shrinking the space in which independent political and other...
BAGHDAD — A dozen small bombs exploded and mortar rounds landed near polling centers in Iraq Saturday, wounding at least four people during voting in the country's first provincial elections since the departure of US troops.
Two mortar...
A 19-year-old suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings with his older brother was captured by police after a day-long manhunt on Friday that closed down the city and turned a working-class suburb into a virtual military zone.
The...
Pakistani police took former President Pervez Musharraf into custody on Friday to face allegations he overstepped his powers while in office, marking a dramatic break with a political culture in which military rulers have remained untouchable.
The...
Police killed one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing during a shootout and were engaged in a house-to-house search for a second man on Friday in the Boston suburb of Watertown after a bloody night of shooting and explosions in the city's...
North Korea offered the United States and South Korea a list of conditions on Thursday for talks, including the lifting of UN sanctions, signaling a possible end to weeks of warlike hostility on the Korean peninsula.
North Korea's top military...
Former President Pervez Musharraf fled a courtroom on Thursday after judges ordered his arrest to answer allegations he committed treason in 2007, an ignominious retreat for a man who once dominated Pakistan and had hoped to revive his political...
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it has not reached a deal with Egypt regarding a loan program, adding that much more work needs to be done on the matter.
Egypt's decision last year to change course regarding planned changes to...
