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Stockholm--WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has dismissed sexual abuse allegations, telling a Swedish newspaper he's never had sex that wasn't consensual. Swedish authorities issued an arrest warrant for Assange on rape suspicions this...
KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait — A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the pre-dawn desert, lumbered past the barbed wire and metal gates marking the border between Iraq and Kuwait early Thursday and...
Tehran—Iran's nuclear chief says his country will begin construction of a new uranium enrichment site by March next year. Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi's announcement is a slap to international efforts to halt Tehran's enrichment...
  Islamabad-- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday the flooding in Pakistan was the worst disaster he had ever seen, and urged foreign donors to speed up assistance to the up to 20 million people affected. Ban's comments reflect the...
  Moscow--Russia announced Friday it will begin the startup next week of Iran's only atomic power plant, giving Tehran a boost as it struggles with international sanctions and highlighting differences between Moscow and Washington over...
Jerusalem--Israeli military forces underestimated the threat on a Gaza-bound ship in May and did not know enough about the Turkish activists that confronted the commandos boarding the vessel, Israel's military chief said Wednesday. Lt. Gen. Gabi...
Jerusalem--Israel announced Monday it will take part in a UN investigation into the deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last spring, in a departure from its traditional mistrust of the world body. The move allowed UN head Ban Ki-moon to...