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    A boy joins demonstrators holding opposition flags as they protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Binsh near Idlib

    Friend flees Assad as U.S. pressures Russia

    BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - One of President Bashar al-Assad's personal friends has defected and was headed for exile in France on Friday, as the Syrian crisis took on a Cold War tone when Washington threatened to make Russia and China "pay" for backing the government in Damascus. … More »Friend flees Assad as U.S. pressures Russia

    Car bomb kills seven, wounds 20 in central Iraq: police

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb in a parked car killed seven people and … More »Car bomb kills seven, wounds 20 in central Iraq: police

    U.S. steps up warnings on Iran dissident camp in Iraq

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned an Iranian dissident … More »U.S. steps up warnings on Iran dissident camp in Iraq

    • Electoral workers arrange polling materials at a polling station in Tripoli
      Libya holds landmark vote under shadow of unrest Reuters - 2 hrs 51 mins ago

      TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya holds its first free national election in 60 years on Saturday in a vote designed to shake off the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi but which … More »Libya holds landmark vote under shadow of unrest

      Electoral workers arrange polling materials at a polling station in Tripoli

      TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya holds its first free national election in 60 years on Saturday in a vote designed to shake off the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi but which risks being hijacked by autonomy demands in the east and unrest in the desert south. Voters will choose a 200-member assembly which will elect a prime …

    • U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton listens during a news conference in Riga
      Clinton makes unannounced Kabul visit before donor meeting Reuters - 1 hr 9 mins ago

      KABUL (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unannounced visit to Kabul on Saturday to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the eve of a donors' conference … More »Clinton makes unannounced Kabul visit before donor meeting

      U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton listens during a news conference in Riga

      KABUL (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unannounced visit to Kabul on Saturday to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the eve of a donors' conference in Tokyo to pledge aid for Afghanistan. U.S. officials with Clinton declined to say how much aid the United States would pledge at the Tokyo meeting, …

    • Free speech claims tossed in N.Irish "Troubles" case Reuters - 37 mins ago

      BOSTON (Reuters) - Researchers do not have free speech protections that would allow them to keep interviews with fighters from Northern Ireland's sectarian "Troubles" … More »Free speech claims tossed in N.Irish "Troubles" case

      BOSTON (Reuters) - Researchers do not have free speech protections that would allow them to keep interviews with fighters from Northern Ireland's sectarian "Troubles" sealed, a U.S. Appeals Court ruled Friday, siding with prosecutors who want access to their papers. The decision could open an unsettling diplomatic process …

    • Seven arrested in British anti-terrorism raids Reuters - 6 hrs ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences in Britain after weapons were found in a vehicle stopped on a motorway, police said … More »Seven arrested in British anti-terrorism raids

      LONDON (Reuters) - Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences in Britain after weapons were found in a vehicle stopped on a motorway, police said on Friday, as security forces are on high alert ahead of the London Olympics. The vehicle was pulled over in a routine stop on the M1 motorway in South Yorkshire, …

    • U.N. names experts to probe Israeli settlements Reuters - 9 hrs ago

      GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations named French judge Christine Chanet on Friday as the leader of a team of three experts who will investigate whether Israeli settlements … More »U.N. names experts to probe Israeli settlements

      GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations named French judge Christine Chanet on Friday as the leader of a team of three experts who will investigate whether Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories violate human rights law. The other team members are Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir and Botswana judge Unity Dow. Jahangir …

    • Greece wants to renegotiate policies, not targets: PM Reuters - 8 hrs ago
      Greece's PM Antonis Samaras gestures during a parliament session in Athens

      ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will meet targets set by international lenders, but needs more time and wants to renegotiate policies that make its fiscal situation worse by preventing a return to economic growth, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Friday. In his first policy speech since taking office, Samaras outlined his …

    • U.S. drone kills 12 suspected militants in Pakistan Reuters - 9 hrs ago

      MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft killed at least 12 suspected militants on Friday when it fired missiles at a compound in Pakistan near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The death toll from the strike in the Dattakhel region in North Waziristan could rise, the officials said. …

    • US, allies press Assad as top Syrian general flees AP - 3 hrs ago
      FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2002 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, with Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass, right, and Hassan Turkmany, Chief of Staff, visit the tomb of the unknown soldier, in Damascus, on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of their Liberation War, when Syria and Egypt launched surprise attacks against Israel on Oct. 6, 1973. A top general who has abandoned President Bashar Assad's regime was a longtime friend from Syria's most powerful Sunni family, and his break with the inner circle signals crumbling support from a privileged elite. Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass was a commander in the powerful Republican Guard and the son of former defense minister Mustafa Tlass, who held the post for 32 years until he retired in 2004.(AP Photo/Sana, File)

      A top Syrian general's defection is the first major crack in the upper echelons of President Bashar Assad's regime, buoying a 100-nation conference Friday meant to intensify pressure for his removal, as well as an opposition desperate to bring him down but frustrated by diplomatic efforts.

    • US declares Afghanistan major non-NATO ally AP - 7 mins ago
      US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the "Friends of Syria" conference in Paris, Friday, July 6, 2012. Syrian opposition leaders are pressing diplomats at an international conference for a no-fly zone over Syria, but the U.S. and its European and Arab partners are expected to focus on economic sanctions instead. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

      The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States' newest "major non-NATO ally," an action designed to facilitate close defense cooperation after U.S. combat troops withdraw from the country in 2014 and as a political statement of support for Afghanistan's long-term stability.

    • Romania president impeached amid EU, US concern AP - 6 hrs ago
      Romanian President Traian Basescu is seen before addressing the country's parliament prior to a vote to impeach him in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, July 6, 2012. The governing coalition has vowed to go ahead with a vote to impeach President Traian Basescu, as the European Union expressed concern about Romania's rule of law. If Parliament suspends Basescu, there will be a referendum within 30 days.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

      Romanian lawmakers impeached President Traian Basescu in an overwhelming vote Friday, paving the way for a national referendum that could see the divisive and increasingly unpopular leader ousted from the powerful position he's held for eight years.

    • Tensions in Libya ahead of first post-Gadhafi vote AP - 2 hrs 17 mins ago
      An electoral official prepares a polling station for the National Assembly election in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, July 6, 2012. The Libyan National Assembly elections will take place on July 7, 2012 and will be the first free elections since 1969. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

      Fears of militia violence and calls for a boycott threatened Friday to mar Libya's first nationwide parliamentary election, a milestone on the oil-rich North African nation's rocky path toward democracy after the ouster of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

    • Pena Nieto's win confirmed by Mexico vote count AP - 6 hrs ago
      Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Friday, July 06, 2012. The official count in Mexico's presidential election concluded Friday with results showing that presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, got about 3.3 million more votes than his closest rival, Lopez Obrador, giving him a 6.6 percent lead in the former ruling party's bid to regain power. Lopez Obrador said Friday he will challenge the results.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

      The official count in Mexico's presidential election concluded on Friday with results showing that former ruling party candidate Enrique Pena Nieto won by a 6.6 percentage-point margin, almost exactly the same lead as a vote-night quick count gave him.

    • Egypt's president orders probe of protester deaths AP - 10 hrs ago
      In this image released by the Egyptian President, Egyptian Field Marshal Gen. Hussein Tantawi, left, and new President Mohammed Morsi, center, attend a medal ceremony, at a military base east of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 5, 2012. A Palestinian official says Gaza's prime minister will head to Cairo within the next two weeks to meet with Egypt's new Islamist president, who has close ties with the territory's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abd El Moaty, Egyptian Presidency)

      Egypt's new president appointed a fact-finding committee to investigate the killing of protesters since the outbreak of last year's popular uprising that toppled his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak.

    • Report: 'Hitler's wish' protected Jewish WWI vet AP - 10 hrs ago

      A Jewish World War I veteran was allegedly spared — for a while, at least — from Nazi persecution thanks to a letter that claimed Adolf Hitler wanted him protected, a German Jewish newspaper reported.

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