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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates in the world's deadliest prison fire in at least a century, authorities said Wednesday.
Some 475...
CAIRO — An Egyptian cabinet minister has stoked tension with the US over funding nonprofit groups working for democracy in Egypt, accusing Washington of intentionally seeking to create chaos to prevent the country from prospering.
The comments...
The top US military leader said Tuesday that he pleaded with Egypt's ruling generals to resolve the crisis with Washington over the crackdown on American nonprofit groups that promote democracy in the Middle East, warning that the simmering...
LONDON — A US security company whose tear gas has been used against Egyptian demonstrators has become the latest victim of the Anonymous movement, hackers claimed Tuesday.
In a statement posted to the Internet, hackers claimed to have broken...
ROME — An Italian court Monday convicted two men of negligence in some 2,000 asbestos-related deaths blamed on contamination from a construction company, sentencing each of them to 16 years in prison and ordering them to pay millions in what...
MANAMA — Bahrain deployed thousands of security forces Sunday to confront anti-government protesters ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Shia-led uprising that seeks to loosen the ruling Sunni dynasty's monopoly on power.
Opposition...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's government on Monday defended its decision to deport a young Saudi journalist who may face persecution at home for allegedly insulting the Prophet Mohamed on Twitter.
International rights groups have...
Iran's leaders promised support for Hamas and urged it to continue its resistance against Israel, state TV reported on Sunday.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh that Iran would always stand by Palestinian...
CHICHIGALPA, Nicaragua — Jesus Ignacio Flores started working when he was 16, laboring long hours on construction sites and in the fields of his country's biggest sugar plantation.
Three years ago his kidneys started to fail and flooded...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian authorities on Sunday deported a young Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Mohamed on Twitter, a police official said. The move came despite concerns from rights groups that he may be persecuted...
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