Turkmenistan votes on Sunday in a one-sided election certain to extend the rule of President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov over a Central Asian country holding 4 percent of global natural-gas reserves, which rights groups rank among the world's most repressive.
Syrian forces unleashed new tank and rocket bombardments on opposition neighborhoods in Homs on Saturday while diplomats sought United Nations backing for an Arab plan to end 11 months of bloodshed in the Middle Eastern country.
Violence flared across Syria, including bomb attacks that killed at least 28 people in Aleppo, while at the United Nations diplomats said a new effort was afoot to gain backing for an Arab peace plan to end 11 months of bloodshed in the country.
From the power centers of Washington to a soybean farm in Iowa to sunny Southern California, China's president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, will sample diverse slices of America during a major visit from Monday to Friday next week.
An increasingly violent insurgency by Islamist sect Boko Haram in Nigeria's economically stagnant north has begun pressuring the country's finances by forcing extra spending on security. It could be costing as much as 2 percent of the country's gross domestic product.
Almost half of the North Korean visitors were middle-aged between the ages of 45 and 64. Moreover, the vast majority, 130,472, were men.
Bipartisan group of senators have introduced a resolution asking the Obama administration to rev up its work with the international community to address the crisis in Syria.
The Syrian army has instigated the bloodshed in the besieged city of Homs by launching attacks on civilians, according to the United States ambassador to Syria.
Kashgari said he is being made a scapegoat.
Medical supplies are running out and at least three field hospitals have been hit. Rooms are full of corpses while in the streets, wounded people are bleeding to death as it is too dangerous for rescuers to bring them to safety.
Ousted democrat Mohamed Nasheed forced out of office by rebel police.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi announced Wednesday that he may pardon journalists, politicians, and dissidents detained under an 2009 anti-terrorism law, while refuting claims that the arrests were politically motivated.
We were not born enemies and there is no need for us to live as enemies, Peres said, referring to Iranians.
Unfazed by the U.S.' threat to cut aid, Egypt determined to continue its investigation into foreign non-governmental organizations and pro-democracy groups.
The Syrian opposition, after nearly a year of relentless bloodshed, said it’s too late for any negotiations.
After a U.S. appeals court rejected an injunction that Chevron Corp had won to avoid paying up $18 billion penalty to Ecuador over pollution to the country's Amazon region, the multinational energy giant has been accused of bringing in a secret panel of private lawyers to thwart the court judgments.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was glitter-bombed by a gay rights advocate at a Minneapolis convention center.
As recently as last November, deep into the Syrian crisis, Brazil specifically rejected any foreign intervention in Syria.
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The backlash against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act isn't over. A coalition of 75 Internet advocacy groups sent an open letter to Congress asking it to put intellectual property lawmaking on hold.
Syrian regime forces continued bombarding the rebellious city of Homs Monday, killing 50 more people in a sustained assault on several districts, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.
Chinese energy firms are deeply involved in Syria – China National Petroleum Corp. and Sinochem have heavy investments in the country.
