Associated Press
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 08:11
Syrian government aircraft pounded opposition areas near the southern border with Jordan and in the northern city of Aleppo on Monday, a day after a series of airstrikes on the contested city killed at least 76 people, activists said.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:56
South Sudan's president has said groups within the country's security forces are plotting a coup, hours after heavy gunfire rang out in the capital Juba.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:43
An estimated 100,000 South Africans lined up in Pretoria to view Nelson Mandela in his casket but about a third of the overwhelming crowd was sent away without being able to file past the bier.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:41
A Yemeni tribal leader and a military official say the government has compensated families of airstrike victims in a central city to end their protest.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:34
Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for UN forces in southern Lebanon, said the UN was informed of a "serious incident along the blue line around Ras Naqoura."
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:30
The head of a Libyan militia that has shut down most of the country's oil terminals for months said Sunday they will remain closed because the government has failed to meet his group's demands— mainly a share of revenues for their eastern region.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 00:00
For now, she has enough votes in Congress to pass tax increases and will likely get support for educational reform. Changing the Pinochet-era electoral system and constitution, however, require super-majorities.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 11:03
Syrian soldiers surrounded an industrial area near Damascus Friday after an al-Qaida linked rebel faction infiltrated the area earlier this week, reportedly killing dozens of civilians, according to the government and activists.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 09:18
African peacekeepers fired into the air Thursday in Central African Republic's chaotic capital, trying to disperse a mob bent on hunting down and killing Muslims taking refuge in a church compound.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:32
But, should that prove unworkable, they said a framework agreement would buy time for additional negotiations.