OXON HILL, Md: After years of heart breakingly close calls, Arvind Mahankali conquered his nemesis, German, to become the champion speller in the English language.
BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he is “confident in victory” in his country’s civil war, and he warned that Damascus would retaliate for
BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say a series of morning bomb explosions in Iraq has killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens in the latest eruption of violence rattling the country. Police say most
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, saying Bashar Assad will remain president at least until elections in 2014 and might seek another term, conditions
SEOUL, South Korea: Human rights groups on Thursday demanded that North Korea account for nine of its citizens reportedly repatriated after fleeing to Laos. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban’s deputy leader was buried hours after he was killed in a U.S. drone strike, Pakistani intelligence officials and militants said Thursday. The death
BANGKOK: An Italian photographer killed while covering the Thai military’s crackdown on anti-government protesters inBangkok three years ago was shot by a high-velocity bullet like those issued to soldiers, a
Pakistan:A pair of suspected U.S. missiles fired from an unmanned aircraft killed four alleged militants early Wednesday near the Afghan border in Pakistan, intelligence officials said, the first drone strike
Myanmar: Sectarian violence spread to a new region of Myanmar, with a mob burning shops in a northeastern town after unconfirmed rumors spread that a Muslim man had set fire
SANTA BARBARA, Calif: Firefighters took advantage of a lull in winds on Tuesday to gain ground against a forest fire in mountains northwest of Santa Barbara, Calif., as some crews