World

  • Israel-Hamas tensions: Israeli troops shoot Palestinian man

    11/23/12 11:45 AM Comment

    Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 19 people as crowds surged toward Gaza's border fence with Israel on Friday, a health official said, the first violence since a truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers took hold a day before.

  • Israel/Hamas cease-fire to begin Wednesday night

    11/21/12 9:55 PM Comment

    The Egyptian-sponsored deal delivered key achievements for all involved. But vague language in the agreement and deep hostility between the combatants made it far from certain that the bloodshed would end.

  • Israel-Hamas cease-fire remains elusive

    11/20/12 11:26 PM Comment

    As international diplomats worked to cement a deal, a senior Hamas official said an agreement was close even as relentless airstrikes and rocket attacks between the two sides continued.

  • Orbitz travel site in fight over 'lost' ticket

    11/20/12 6:25 PM Comment

    A local college student was looking forward to spending the summer in her native country—only to be disappointed.

  • Israeli man attacks Israeli security guard with ax and knife

    11/20/12 10:49 AM Comment

    An Israeli man wielding an ax and a knife attacked and lightly wounded an Israeli security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday before he was apprehended at the scene, police said.

  • Israel airstrikes against Gaza continue

    11/19/12 6:23 PM Comment

    Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 96, as Israel broadened its targets in the 6-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel.

  • President Obama in Asia: Makes historic visits to Cambodia, Myanmar

    11/19/12 10:04 AM Comment

    Making history twice within hours, President Barack Obama on Monday became the first U.S. president to set foot in Cambodia, a country once known for its Khmer Rouge "killing fields." He left behind flag-waving crowds on the streets of Myanmar, the once internationally shunned nation now showing democratic promise.

  • Israel offers to suspend Gaza Strip bombings

    11/16/12 10:02 AM Comment

    Air raid sirens wailed in Jerusalem Friday as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians continued. The Israeli army has also called up 16,000 troops in advance of a possible Gaza invasion.

  • German man ticketed for speeding in car, mobile office

    11/16/12 6:31 AM Comment

    Forget texting while driving. German police say they nabbed a driver who had wired his Ford station wagon with an entire mobile office.

  • Ivory Coast cabinet dissolved, president says

    11/14/12 7:50 AM Comment

    A presidential spokeswoman says Ivory Coast's president has dissolved the Cabinet. No reason was given for the sudden turn of events.

  • Venice flooding at record highs

    11/12/12 8:36 AM Comment

    Heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds have flooded Venice and brought the lagoon city's high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records began being kept 150 years ago.

  • Syria bombs Turkey border area

    11/12/12 6:44 AM Comment

    A Syrian fighter jet on Monday bombed a rebel-held area near the Turkish border, killing at least six people and wounding a dozen others, while a rocket propelled grenade landed in Turkey, officials and witnesses said.

  • Iran sanctions: Lawmakers push for another round of sanctions

    11/9/12 12:48 PM Comment

    Lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented sanctions against Iran that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business with most of the world until it agrees to international constraints on its nuclear program, officials say.

  • Pope Benedict XVI to join Twitter

    11/9/12 10:43 AM Comment

    Pope Benedict XVI will join the Twitter-sphere, tweeting from a personal account along with the world's celebrities, leaders and ordinary folk.

  • Guatemala earthquake: Country rocked by 7.5 magnitude quake

    11/7/12 1:05 PM Comment

    The U.S. Geological Survey says that a strong earthquake has hit off the Pacific coast of Guatemala, rocking the capital and shaking buildings as far away as Mexico City and El Salvador.

  • Libya attacks: Officials say CIA responded in less than 25 minutes

    11/2/12 12:26 PM Comment

    Just days before the presidential election, U.S. officials are striking back at allegations they failed to respond quickly or efficiently against the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, detailing for the first time a broad CIA rescue effort.

  • Syria to stop attacks for Muslim holiday

    10/24/12 5:59 AM Comment

    The U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a ceasefire during the upcoming Muslim four-day holiday.

  • Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by Taliban, making progress

    10/19/12 8:42 PM Comment

    British doctors treating a 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban raised hopes for her recovery Friday. When she was 11, Malala Yousufzai began writing a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC and has publicly advocated for girls' education.

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