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Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie: state media

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have arrested the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, state media reported on Tuesday, pressing a crackdown on his group. Mohamed

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Scores dead as floods and rainfall hit China

At least 105 people have died and 115 are missing after floods and a typhoon hit parts of China, state media report. Heavy rain since Wednesday has caused floods in

Egypt turmoil deepens; militants kill 25 policemen

CAIRO: Islamic militants on Monday ambushed two mini-buses carrying off-duty policemen in the northern region of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing 25 of them execution-style in a brazen daylight attack that

Volcanic eruption coats Japanese city with ash

TOKYO: A volcano has erupted in southwestern Japan and coated a nearby city with a layer of ash. People in Kagoshima city wore masks and raincoats and used umbrellas to

Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, right, and his partner David Miranda.
Partner of reporter at center of NSA leak detained

LONDON: The partner of a journalist who received leaks from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was detained for nearly nine hours Sunday under anti-terror legislation at Heathrow Airport,

detainee Faez al-Kandari in Guantanamo BAy US Naval Base
Some of Guantanamo’s hardest cases to get new look

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba: As the U.S. renews its effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, it will soon begin reconsidering the fate of prisoners such as Mohammed al-Shimrani.

Bo Xilai trial to begin on Thursday: Chinese state media

BEIJING: Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai will stand trial from Thursday, state media said on Sunday. Bo, once one of China’s most powerful political leaders, is accused of bribery, graft

North Korea accepts South’s proposal to resume war-torn family reunions

SEOUL: North Korea said on Sunday it had accepted a South Korean offer to hold working-level talks on resuming reunions of families separated by the Korean War, three days after

34 dead, dozens missing in sunken Philippine ferry

Philippines: Divers plucked two more bodies from a sunken passenger ferry on Sunday and scrambled to plug an oil leak in the wreckage after a collision with a cargo ship.

Afghanistan construction workers killed in camp attack

Nine building contractors and a policeman have been killed by insurgents in an attack on a camp in western Afghanistan, officials say. The contractors were working on a foreign-funded road