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Suicide bombing outside Afghan Supreme Court kills 17

2013-06-11 10:11:00

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in front of the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, several hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy, killing 17 people and wounding 38, police said. The Taliban claimed...

U.S. lawmakers meet Russian officials, with help from actor Steven Seagal

2013-06-02 16:27:00

MOSCOW� — The head of a U.S. congressional delegation said Sunday that its meetings in Russia showed there was “nothing specific” that could have helped prevent the Boston Marathon bombings, but that the two countries need to work more...

A kidnapping mystery in Mexico City

2013-05-31 17:13:00

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican capital has managed to avoid the kind of gangland violence that has gripped many other parts of the country in recent years. But the mysterious disappearance of 11 young people from a bar this week is raising new fear about...

Turkey's leader softens tone but says redevelopment will continue

2013-06-06 11:43:00

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's prime minister used less belligerent language Thursday but said he would go ahead with redevelopment plans that have sparked nationwide protests, in comments that could be decisive in determining whether demonstrations...

Family wants probe of FBI shooting of Ibragim Todashev

2013-05-30 14:08:00

Ibragim Todashev was being interrogated in his Orlando, Fla., home by the FBI and Massachusetts police when he was killed early in the morning of May 22. Now his family and friends want an independent investigation of how Todashev,� an acquaintance of the...

Father of Tsarnaev friend slain by FBI says his son was 'executed'

2013-05-30 11:41:00

MOSCOW -- The father of a man who was shot to death by the FBI while being questioned about his ties to a suspect in the the Boston Marathon bombings said Thursday that photographs of his son's bullet wounds suggest that he was "executed" by the FBI. At...

Russia reports earlier accusation of U.S. spying

2013-05-15 15:09:00

MOSCOW --The arrest and expulsion of a U.S. Embassy official this week for allegedly attempting, in a ham-handed way, to recruit a Russian intelligence officer was the second such case this year, Russian state television reported Wednesday. The...

U.N. commissioner warns of possible atrocities in Qusair, Syria

2013-05-10 13:40:00

The United Nations commissioner for human rights on Friday warned of possible atrocities in the Syrian town of Qusair, near the Lebanese border, as reports emerged of a major military buildup. Commissioner Navi Pillay said Syrian government forces and...

Bombs, bullets and baby steps toward democracy in Pakistan

2013-05-10 05:00:00

Kidnappings, suicide bombings and hundreds of violent deaths have bloodied Pakistan’s campaign trail. Still, the parliamentary vote Saturday is being heralded as a milestone in the country’s democratic advancement. Once the votes are tallied...

Africa loses benefit of billions of dollars annually, report says

2013-05-10 12:28:00

JOHANNESBURG -- Africa loses the benefit of billions of dollars each year through illegal tax evasion, money transfers and secretive business deals, more than all the money coming into the continent through aid and investment, according to a report...

Did Chinese film director Zhang Yimou illegally father 7 children?

2013-05-10 00:16:00

BEIJING -- One of China’s most prominent film directors, Zhang Yimou, is under investigation for fathering seven children -- a violation of the country’s strict family-planning laws. The 61-year-old Zhang directed the opening spectacle of...

Women's prayer at Western Wall sparks protest

2013-05-10 03:24:00

JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Old City’s Western Wall Plaza early Friday in a boisterous and sometimes violent protest against a group of female activists exercising a newly court-affirmed right to pray at the holy...

A tourist takes a camel ride at the pyramids in Giza, Egypt. The U.S. Embassy in Cairo recently warned Americans about their safety in the area.

2013-06-06 15:22:27

A handout photo taken Tuesday and released by Russia's Federal Security Service shows an espionage suspect identified as Ryan C. Fogle, the third secretary of the political section of U.S. Embassy in Moscow, being questioned after his arrest.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

U.S. military and civilian personnel rush to board a Marine helicopter during the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon on April 29, 1975.

2013-05-03 18:48:01