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Top aide of Libya’s Gadhafi arrested in Egypt

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces arrested a close aide of ousted Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday following a siege at his Cairo home, a security

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American gets back art taken by Nazis during WWII

PARIS: The last time Tom Selldorff saw his grandfather’s prized art collection he was six in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands. Now, he’s 84 years old —

Wave of Iraq blasts kill 56 decade after invasion

BAGHDAD: A wave of bombings tore through Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 56 people and wounding more than 200, highlighting increasing sectarian tensions in Iraq on the eve

At least 37 killed in India bus accident

NEW DELHI: A bus packed with passengers crashed through a guard rail and fell off a bridge in western India early Tuesday, killing at least 37 people and injuring another

Power still out at damaged nuclear plant in Japan

TOKYO: A power outage has left four fuel storage pools at Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear plant without fresh cooling waterfor nearly 20 hours, raising concerns about the fragility of a facility

Egypt minister: lynchings signal ‘death of state’

CAIRO: Egypt’s justice minister warns the lynching of criminals in the streets by angry citizens signals “the death of the state.” His comments come a day after residents in a

Karzai opponents talk to Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghan political parties united against President Hamid Karzai recently opened talks with the Taliban and U.S.-declared terrorist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, hoping to broker peace ahead of next year’s exit

Pakistani militants attack court complex; 4 dead

NEW DELHI: Five men have been arrested and have confessed to raping a Swiss woman who was attacked in central India while on a cycling vacation with her husband, police

India police detain many over Swiss tourist’s rape

NEW DELHI: Police detained 20 men Sunday in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state after a Swiss woman on a cycling trip was gang-raped. No arrests have been made so far

New China premier pledges strong ties with US

BEIJING: China’s government is committed to strong relations with the U.S. and sees a rosy outlook for trade and investment between the sides, newly appointed Premier Li Keqiangsaid Sunday in