DHAKA, Bangladesh: A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced a leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes during the nation’s 1971
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Thailand’s government signed a breakthrough deal with Muslim insurgents for the first time ever Thursday, agreeing to hold talks to ease nearly a decade of
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI is greeting pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square for the final time before retiring, waving to tens of thousands of people who have gathered to bid
PARIS: New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has held his first official meeting with France’s leadership amid increasing efforts by both countries to bolster Syria’s opposition. Kerry met Wednesday
ALMATY: World powers ended two days of talks withIran on Wednesday with no sign of a breakthrough, and the two sides have agreed to meet at expert level in Istanbul
LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — The terror lasted less than two minutes: Smoke poured from a hot air ballooncarrying sightseers on a sunrise flight over the ancient city of Luxor, it
DOHA, Qatar: An appeals court in Qatar has reduced the sentence of a jailed poet from a life term to 15 years for a verse considered offensive to the Gulf nation’s ruler. Despite the
KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI has given his pontificate’s final Sunday blessing from hisstudio window to the cheers of tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square. Benedict says even though he’s
ROME: Will Italy stay the course with painful economic reform? Or fall back into the old habit of profligacy and inertia? These are the stakes as Italy votes in a