Associated Press
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:42
Bahrain's interior ministry says two policemen have been wounded, one critically, when a homemade bomb exploded in a village southwest of the capital, Manama.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:38
Syrian military aircraft targeted rebel-held districts in the northern city of Aleppo for the third straight day on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, activists said.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:36
The council approved a nonbinding presidential statement Monday that "stresses the urgent need to strengthen military and police institutions" and strongly condemns the killing of unarmed protesters in the capital, Tripoli, last month.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:29
European Union foreign ministers on Monday pledged "unprecedented" political, financial and security support for Israel and the Palestinians if they reach a peace agreement.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
A State Department official, who agreed to discuss the matter only if not quoted by name because she was not authorized to release details, confirmed only that Jacob Ostreicher had left Bolivia.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
Fidel Castro was healthy and alert while speaking with a Spanish reporter about current events for 2 ½ hours last week, the journalist told The Associated Press Monday.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
The Costa Rican government says it has seized a jet carrying more than a ton of cocaine and it detained the two pilots from Guatemala.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
El presidente colombiano Juan Manuel Santos anuncio el domingo la muerte de un lider guerrillero del sexto frente de las FARC.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 09:16
The top United States State Department official for Africa is urging Somalia's government to do more to protect its most vulnerable people, especially women, and to respect the rule of law.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 08:40
The Christian militiamen fighting to oust Central African Republic's Muslim president from power hide in the hills far on the edge of the capital. Out of the forest of banana trees, about two dozen young men slowly emerge to meet their visitors - armed with clubs, machetes and hunting rifles.