Early Results Show Tight Race in Iraq
Partial vote results in Iraq's historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister and a secular challenger during a chaotic count that was marred by accusations of fraud.
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Jailed Jordanian Cleric Is Al Qaeda Recruiters' Poster Boy
A jailed Jordanian cleric who is behind bars for promoting terrorist attacks appears to be the face of Al Qaedas newest recruitment campaign.
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Report: Captured Taliban No. 2 'Singing Like a Male Canary'
The former operations chief and second in command of the Afghan Taliban has been "singing like a male canary" since his arrest last month in Karachi, Pakistan, counterintelligence officials said Wednesday.
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Mexico's Slim Becomes 'World's Richest' Person
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.
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Strong Earthquake Hits Chile as New President Sworn In
The strongest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocked the South American country Thursday as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office.
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Homicide Bomber Botches Attack on Pakistani Military
Pakistani officials say a botched suicide bombing aimed at a security convoy on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar has wounded three children playing nearby.
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Celibacy Partly to Blame for Sex Abuse, Cardinal Says
A cardinal seen as a future candidate for the papacy has broken a Vatican taboo by raising the possibility that priestly celibacy is among the causes of the sex abuse scandal sweeping the Roman Catholic Church.
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Siberian Tigers Starve to Death at Chinese Zoo
The Year of the Tiger has got off to a tragic start for the endangered big cat in China.
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Report: Kidnappers Free 2 European Aid Workers in Haiti
Kidnappers have freed two Swiss women snatched off the streets of Haiti's capital and held for five days, officials said Thursday.
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U.S. Troops Kill Iraqi Reporter and Husband, Police Say
Morgue officials confirmed the deaths and said the bodies of Aseel al-Obeidi and her husband were riddled with bullets in Wednesday's shooting in the Tobchi neighborhood.
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Women in Charge in West Bank's Key District
At 35, Leila Ghanem is the first woman to become a Palestinian governor, the latest in a group of trailblazing women leaders who are slowly winning acceptance in this traditional society.
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Court Allows Extradition for Swede in Auschwitz Sign Theft
A Swedish court ruled Thursday that a former neo-Nazi leader arrested in Sweden can be extradited to Poland, where he is suspected of being involved in the theft of the infamous Auschwitz sign.
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Fmr Members of Vienna Boys Choir Allege Sexual Abuse
A top Austrian newspaper cites two former members of the famed Vienna Boys Choir as saying they were sexually abused by their supervisors.
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Rioters Storm Athens Streets Over Gvt. Financial Plan
Serious street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as some 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures.
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U.K. Plans to Circle the World in Rotorcraft
A U.K. man says he plans to make the first round-the-world trip in a customized rotorcraft known as an autogyro.
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