Ethiopia troops attack rebels in Somali town Ethiopian troops captured a rebel-held town in central Somalia on Saturday, Addis...
Syrians plan Friday protests as monitors visit Opposition activists urged people to take to the streets on Friday, the main day...
New Year's Day to come early as Samoa leaps ahead If you are reading this on Friday you cannot be in Samoa. 
Russia submarine fire "totally extinguished" Russia said on Friday it had doused a raging blaze aboard a nuclear submarine after...
Attacks despite Arab League monitors Clashes erupted in Syria on Friday as hundreds of thousands filled the streets to...
Gunpowder warehouse blast kills 17 in Myanmar At least 17 people died and 80 were injured after an early morning explosion at a...
Did U.S. give Latin American leaders cancer? Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speculated on Wednesday that the United States might...
Argentine president diagnosed with thyroid cancer Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has thyroid cancer and will undergo surgery...
Arab observers fan out across Syria Arab monitors head to three more Syrian cities on Thursday to check if government...
Snow and tears mark funeral for North Korean... The world watched anxiously on Wednesday as North Korea staged a huge funeral in...
Chants for Erdoğan in Homs Tens of thousands of Syrians in Homs rallied on Tuesday against President Bashar...
"Nothing frightening" seen in Syria protest hotbed Arab League monitors checking if Syria is ending a military crackdown on popular...
Egypt's Mubarak returns to court in landmark trial Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, charged with the killing of protesters and abuse...
Syrian forces kill gunmen on Turkish border Syrian forces killed several men from an "armed terrorist group" trying to cross...
