KABUL, Afghanistan: A series of early morning attacks hit eastern Afghanistan Sunday, with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: Turkey’s prime minister is urging the world to speak out about atrocities by Syria’s leader, whom he called a “mute devil” for carrying out attacks on his own
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is able to speak and understand people around him as he recovers from a stroke he suffered in December, a doctor responsible for
HAVANA: Cuban President Raul Castro has unexpectedly raised the possibility of leaving his post, saying Friday that he is old and has a right to retire. But he did not
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has begun a three-day ground and airmilitary exercise aimed at upgrading its combat readiness. State TV says the drills involve ground forces of the
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Hazratullah Khan, who lost his right leg below the knee in a car bombing, answers immediately when asked whether the Pakistani government should hold peace talkswith
LAS VEGAS: Three people died in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip early on Thursday when one or more gunmen in aRange Rover sport utility vehicle opened fire on
DAMASCUS, Syria: A car bombing near Syria’s ruling party headquarters in Damascus killed 53 people on Thursday, according to state media, while mortar rounds exploded near the army’s central command
HYDERABAD, India: A pair of bombs exploded Thursday evening in a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city ofHyderabad, killing at least 11 people and wounding 50 more in
AMRITSAR, India: British Prime Minister David Cameron says a giant diamond his country forced India to hand over in the colonial era that was set in a royal crown will