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AMMAN — Syrian Deputy Oil Minister Abdo Hussameldin has announced his defection on YouTube, becoming the first high-ranking civilian official…

OSLO — Anders Behring Breivik was indicted Wednesday on terror and murder charges in last summer’s bomb and shooting rampage…

NARATHIWAT, Thailand — Four soldiers were killed and one was critically wounded when insurgents detonated a roadside bomb in Thailand's…

BEIRUT — The UN humanitarian chief toured the shattered Syrian district of Baba Amr on Wednesday but found most residents…

Brushing aside high-level UN appeals for cooperation to halt murder and violence against gays and lesbians around the globe, Muslim…

Gaza's Hamas rulers said Wednesday they would stay on the sidelines if war breaks out between Israel and Iran, easing…

The death toll in Syria since protests erupted against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad last March has reached 8,458,…

KABUL, Afghanistan — "Shoulder to shoulder" is the mantra of the NATO-Afghan military partnership. Now, after Afghan soldiers and police…

NEW DELHI — Police on Wednesday said they arrested an Indian journalist in connection with last month's bomb attack on…

Global rights watchdog Human Rights Watch Wednesday condemned attacks by suspected members of Boko Haram on schools in and around…