- US envoy hits China's stand in UN climate talks AP - 47 mins ago
The top U.S. envoy to U.N. climate talks is challenging China's demand for favorable treatment in carbon emissions, rejecting the current division between rich and poor … More »US envoy hits China's stand in UN climate talks
The top U.S. envoy to U.N. climate talks is challenging China's demand for favorable treatment in carbon emissions, rejecting the current division between rich and poor countries for a future treaty.
- Syrian violence touches Turkey, Lebanon By SUZAN FRASER and BARBARA SURK - AP - 1 hr 0 mins ago
Syrian warplanes on Monday bombed a security building that had been taken over by rebels along the Turkish border, killing at least one person, wounding 20 more and … More »Syrian violence touches Turkey, Lebanon
- Palestinian president returns triumphantly from UN By DALIA NAMMARI and ARON HELLER - AP - 11 hrs ago
The Palestinian president returned triumphantly to the West Bank on Sunday, receiving a boisterous welcome from thousands of cheering supporters at a rally celebrating … More »Palestinian president returns triumphantly from UN
- Kuwait Cabinet resigns in post-election formality AP - 2 hrs 33 mins ago
Kuwait's Cabinet has resigned in a procedural move following last week's parliamentary elections. More »Kuwait Cabinet resigns in post-election formality
- Palestinian rams Israeli jeep, attacks with ax AP - 2 hrs 58 mins ago
Israel's internal security agency says a Palestinian man rammed his car into a military jeep in the West Bank, flipping it over, and then attacked the agents inside … More »Palestinian rams Israeli jeep, attacks with ax
Israel's internal security agency says a Palestinian man rammed his car into a military jeep in the West Bank, flipping it over, and then attacked the agents inside with an ax.
- Iran says direct talks with US are 'possible' AP - 3 hrs ago
Iran's foreign minister says direct talks with the U.S. are "possible" but that any such breakthrough initiative must be approved by the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah … More »Iran says direct talks with US are 'possible'
Iran's foreign minister says direct talks with the U.S. are "possible" but that any such breakthrough initiative must be approved by the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- Egypt election commission set for vote on charter By HAMZA HENDAWI - AP - 4 hrs ago
The Egyptian president's top legal adviser says the country's election commission has begun preparations for the referendum on a highly contentious draft constituti … More »Egypt election commission set for vote on charter
- Sudanese police kill 2 militants in remote region AP - 5 hrs ago
A Sudanese official says police have killed two Islamic militants and arrested about 20 in a raid on a militant training camp in the country's south. More »Sudanese police kill 2 militants in remote region
A Sudanese official says police have killed two Islamic militants and arrested about 20 in a raid on a militant training camp in the country's south.
- Egypt's highest court joins judicial strike By HAMZA HENDAWI - AP - 6 hrs ago
Egypt's highest court has joined a judicial rebellion against President Mohammed Morsi by declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed to rule on the legitimacy … More »Egypt's highest court joins judicial strike
- Lebanese troops exchange fire with Syrian rebels AP - 7 hrs ago
Lebanon's state news agency says Lebanese soldiers have exchanged fire across the border with rebels in neighboring Syria. More »Lebanese troops exchange fire with Syrian rebels
- Egypt's anti-Morsi rebellion of judges is complete By HAMZA HENDAWI - AP - 18 hrs ago
Egypt's rebellion of the judges against President Mohammed Morsi became complete on Sunday with the country's highest court declaring an open-ended strike on the day … More »Egypt's anti-Morsi rebellion of judges is complete
- Syrian warplanes strike rebels in Damascus suburbs By BARBARA SURK - AP - 20 hrs ago
Syrian warplanes and artillery blasted parts of the capital Damascus and its rebellious suburbs on Sunday, part of what activists described as intense fighting as rebels … More »Syrian warplanes strike rebels in Damascus suburbs
- Union calls off strike in restive Tunisian town By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA - AP - 21 hrs ago
A Tunisian labor union on Sunday suspended a nearly weeklong strike in an impoverished central town after the national government agreed to remove a local governor. More »Union calls off strike in restive Tunisian town
- Egypt's top court suspends work in protest By HAMZA HENDAWI - AP - 23 hrs ago
Egypt's top court suspended its work indefinitely to protest "psychological and physical pressures" after supporters of the Islamist president prevented judges from … More »Egypt's top court suspends work in protest
- AP Exclusive: Strife hardens Syrian rebel brigade BEN HUBBARD - AP - 22 hrs ago
A year ago, a soft-spoken sweet shop owner from this poor Syrian town got together with his little brother and eight friends to declare war on President Bashar Assa … More »AP Exclusive: Strife hardens Syrian rebel brigade
- Activists: 7 killed in bomb blast in central Syria By JAMAL HALABY - AP - Sun, Dec 2, 2012
A car bomb exploded near a mosque in the central Homs province Sunday, killing at least seven people, Syria's news agency and activists said. More »Activists: 7 killed in bomb blast in central Syria
- Israel to withhold tax transfers to Palestinians By AMY TEIBEL - AP - Sun, Dec 2, 2012
Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected … More »Israel to withhold tax transfers to Palestinians
- Egypt's top court suspends work indefinitely By HAMZA HENDAWI - AP - Sun, Dec 2, 2012
Egypt's top court said it was suspending its work indefinitely to protest "psychological and physical pressures" after supporters of the country's Islamist president … More »Egypt's top court suspends work indefinitely
- Palestinian president returns to hero's welcome AP - Sun, Dec 2, 2012
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has returned home to a hero's welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United Nati … More »Palestinian president returns to hero's welcome
- Gunmen kill Sunni fighter, 2 sons in Iraq BY SAMEER N. YACOUB - AP - Sun, Dec 2, 2012
Iraqi authorities say gunmen broke into the house of an anti-al-Qaida militiaman north of Baghdad and killed him and his two sons. More »Gunmen kill Sunni fighter, 2 sons in Iraq
Iraqi authorities say gunmen broke into the house of an anti-al-Qaida militiaman north of Baghdad and killed him and his two sons.
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