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Kerry praises plans for ‘safe’ Afghan elections

KABUL: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of unity Monday, shortly after the U.S. military ceded control

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Clashes at French anti-gay marriage protest

PARIS: Paris police used tear gas and batons to fight crowds who pushed their way onto the landmark Champs-Elysees avenue and toward the presidential palace as part of a huge

Kerry warns Iraq on Iran flights to Syria

  BAGHDAD: Just days after the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry confronted Baghdad for continuing to grant Iran access to its

UN’s Myanmar envoy visits city wracked by violence

Myanmar: The top U.N. envoy to Myanmar toured a central city wracked by the country’s worst Buddhist-Muslim violence this year, calling on the government to punish those responsible for a

In this March 22, 2013 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan smiles after arriving at the government airport Vnukovo II, outside Moscow, Russia.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
A diplomatic star is born in Chinese first lady

BEIJING (AP) — Glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan has emerged as Chinese diplomacy’s latest star, cutting a very different profile from her staid predecessors on her debut official visit

In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, North Koreans work at computer terminals inside the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Experts: NKorea training teams of ‘cyber warriors’

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus remains fixed on North

Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf speaks during a news conference in Dubai March 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammad Abu Omar
Ex-President Musharraf returns to Pakistan for elections

KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former President, Pervez Musharraf, returned home on Sunday after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest elections despite the possibility of arrest and a threat

Refugee children carry food received as aid and belongings salvaged from ruins of the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp near Mae Hong Son March 24, 2013. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Fire in Thai refugee camp kills 36

BANGKOK- A fire swept through a remote camp in northwestern Thailand for refugees from Myanmar, killing 36 and destroying hundreds of make-shift shelters, officials said on Sunday. The fire, which

France confirms death of Al-Qaida chief Abou Zeid

PARIS: The death of a top al-Qaida-linked warlord in combat with French-led troops represents a victory in the battle against jihadists who had a stranglehold on northern Mali. But it

Myanmar’s army patrols central city after violence

Myanmar: Myanmar’s army took control of a ruined central city on Saturday, imposing a tense calm after clashes between Buddhists and Muslims left piles of corpses in the streets and