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Thousands of protestors are marching in a rally that started from Fatah Mosque in Ramses Square on Thursday evening heading to Abbasseya, where 11 protesters were killed by suspected supporters of Egypt’s military rulers. The march came as an...
The Cambodian military has concluded that one of its own police officers killed a prominent environmentalist then took his own lifein an incident in a forest rife with illegal logging. Chut Wutty had been taking photographs on Wednesday in a forest...
DAMASCUS, Syria — A suicide bomber blew himself up across the street from a mosque in the Syrian capital Friday, killing at least nine people and wounding nearly 30, state TV said. Thousands of Syrians protested elsewhere to denounce...
SAN DIEGO, US — An American military sergeant will be discharged for criticizing US President Barack Obama on Facebook in a case that called into question the Pentagon's policies about social media and its limits on the speech of active...
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is moving quickly to quell a prostitution scandal that has given President Barack Obama's critics political ammunition, forcing three agents out of government less than a week after the embarrassing incident...
STOCKHOLM — A Muslim American seeking asylum in Sweden claimed Wednesday he was detained at the US government’s request while in the United Arab Emirates last summer, tortured in custody and interrogated about the activities of a...
The first episode of Julian Assange’s new talk show, airing on the Kremlin’s English-language satellite broadcaster, has begun with an interview of Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah.   The WikiLeaks founder says he knows he’ll...
BEIRUT — An advance team of six UN observers arrived in the Syrian capital to monitor the country’s cease-fire, which appeared to be rapidly unraveling Monday as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold of Homs with artillery...
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's widely condemned rocket splintered into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after takeoff Friday, an embarrassing end to a launch that Pyongyang had infused with national pride during a week of high-level...
The candidate for Egypt's most influential political force, the Muslim Brotherhood, warned Tuesday that the country's upcoming presidential race may be rigged, a sign of rising tensions as his group faces off against one of ousted leader...