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Thousands of miners at Lonmin's Marikana operations in South Africa returned to work on Thursday after a hefty pay hike…

Schools, shops and government offices were shut in some Indian states on Thursday as protesters blocked road and rail traffic…

Iran has been using civilian aircraft to fly military personnel and large quantities of weapons across Iraqi airspace to Syria…

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili vowed to punish those responsible for torturing and raping prisoners, after a video of abuse in…

ROME — Italy’s highest court on Wednesday upheld guilty verdicts on 23 Americans for the kidnapping of an Egyptian Muslim…

A fiscal crisis in the aid-dependent Palestinian economy will worsen unless foreign funding increases and Israel eases its restrictions in…

Rebels tore down a Syrian flag at a border gate on the Turkish frontier on Wednesday as they fought for…

PARIS — French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed on Wednesday, a move criticized by the…

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, billionaire nephew of Saudi Arabia's king, said on Tuesday only a minority were involved in violent…

MARIKANA, South Africa — Striking platinum miners at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa accepted a pay offer on Tuesday,…