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    • Israeli soldiers assault two Reuters cameramen Reuters - 3 hrs ago

      HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers punched two Reuters cameramen and forced them to strip in the street, before letting off a tear gas canister in front of them, leaving one of them needing hospital treatment. … More »Israeli soldiers assault two Reuters cameramen

      HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers punched two Reuters cameramen and forced them to strip in the street, before letting off a tear gas canister in front of them, leaving one of them needing hospital treatment. Israel's military said on Thursday it took the allegations seriously, but offered no explanation for …

    • An anti-Mursi protester holds a Cross and a Koran at Tahrir Square in Cairo
      Egyptian factions stage final rallies before referendum Reuters - 4 hrs ago

      CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi stage final rallies on Friday before a divisive referendum on a new constitution championed by the Islamist leader as a way out of the worst crisis … More »Egyptian factions stage final rallies before referendum

      An anti-Mursi protester holds a Cross and a Koran at Tahrir Square in Cairo

      CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi stage final rallies on Friday before a divisive referendum on a new constitution championed by the Islamist leader as a way out of the worst crisis since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Cairo and other cities have seen a series of often violent demonstrations …

    • Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party's leader and former Prime Minister Abe makes a speech during a campaign for December 16 lower house election in Ageo
      Japan's LDP set for big win in Sunday election: polls Reuters - 23 mins ago

      TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is on track for a stunning victory in Sunday's election, returning to power with hawkish former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the helm, and possibly ending … More »Japan's LDP set for big win in Sunday election: polls

      Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party's leader and former Prime Minister Abe makes a speech during a campaign for December 16 lower house election in Ageo

      TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is on track for a stunning victory in Sunday's election, returning to power with hawkish former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the helm, and possibly ending Japan's political gridlock. Opinion polls by the Asahi, Yomiuri and Nikkei newspapers on Friday …

    • File photo shows Italy's PM Monti gesturing at the World Policy Conference in Cannes
      Italy's Monti faces pressure to run in election Reuters - 26 mins ago

      ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti faced increasing pressure on Thursday to stand as a candidate in next year's election after Silvio Berlusconi's surprise offer to drop his bid for a fifth term as premier. … More »Italy's Monti faces pressure to run in election

      File photo shows Italy's PM Monti gesturing at the World Policy Conference in Cannes

      ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti faced increasing pressure on Thursday to stand as a candidate in next year's election after Silvio Berlusconi's surprise offer to drop his bid for a fifth term as premier. At a meeting of the European People's Party in Brussels, an umbrella group of centre-right parties, …

    • U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta talks with U.S. Army Major General Abrams and Command Sergeant Major Watson during a visit to Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar
      Bomber kills American near Afghan base after Panetta visit Reuters - 6 hrs ago

      KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed one American service member and wounded three other U.S. troops outside a base in southern Afghanistan on Thursday shortly after a visit there by U.S. Defense Secretary … More »Bomber kills American near Afghan base after Panetta visit

      U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta talks with U.S. Army Major General Abrams and Command Sergeant Major Watson during a visit to Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar

      KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed one American service member and wounded three other U.S. troops outside a base in southern Afghanistan on Thursday shortly after a visit there by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, officials said. Panetta dismissed the attack as a desperate and futile attempt by …

    • IAEA Director General Amano attends a news conference in Vienna
      Iran, U.N. nuclear agency end talks; no word on site visit Reuters - 5 hrs ago

      DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said progress was made in Thursday's talks in Tehran with senior U.N. nuclear inspectors but gave no details other than they would meet again in mid-January. There was no immediate comment from the … More »Iran, U.N. nuclear agency end talks; no word on site visit

      IAEA Director General Amano attends a news conference in Vienna

      DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said progress was made in Thursday's talks in Tehran with senior U.N. nuclear inspectors but gave no details other than they would meet again in mid-January. There was no immediate comment from the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the one-day meeting over Iran's disputed nuclear …

    • Sudan detains prominent opposition politician Reuters - 2 hrs 54 mins ago

      KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security forces detained one of the country's most prominent opposition politicians, Farouk Abu Issa, after he attended an opposition party forum on Thursday, the politician told Reuters. "I'm … More »Sudan detains prominent opposition politician

      KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security forces detained one of the country's most prominent opposition politicians, Farouk Abu Issa, after he attended an opposition party forum on Thursday, the politician told Reuters. "I'm now in the security agency's offices," Issa said by phone. Issa, head of the National Consensus Forces, …

    • In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather in front of a damaged building destroyed by a car bomb in Qatana, (25) kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. A bomb blast near a school in a Damascus suburb killed more than a dozen people, at least half of them women and children, the state news agency reported. Russia, Syria's most important international ally, said for the first time that President Bashar Assad is increasingly losing control and the opposition may win the civil war. (AP Photo/SANA)
      Russia positions itself for fall of Syrian regime AP - 5 hrs ago

      Syria's most powerful ally and protector, Russia, began positioning itself Thursday for the fall of President Bashar Assad, saying for the first time that rebels might overthrow him and preparing to evacuate thousands of … More »Russia positions itself for fall of Syrian regime

      In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather in front of a damaged building destroyed by a car bomb in Qatana, (25) kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. A bomb blast near a school in a Damascus suburb killed more than a dozen people, at least half of them women and children, the state news agency reported. Russia, Syria's most important international ally, said for the first time that President Bashar Assad is increasingly losing control and the opposition may win the civil war. (AP Photo/SANA)

      Syria's most powerful ally and protector, Russia, began positioning itself Thursday for the fall of President Bashar Assad, saying for the first time that rebels might overthrow him and preparing to evacuate thousands of Russian citizens from the country.

    • A woman walks past Arabic writings on a wall that read, "no, leave, Muslim Brotherhood," in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Egypt's opposition called on its followers to vote "no" in a crucial referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
      Egypt vote means fateful choice for nation AP - 3 hrs ago

      Two days before a constitutional referendum it considered boycotting, Egypt's secular opposition finally launched its "no" campaign Thursday with newspaper and TV ads detailing the argument against the charter drafted by … More »Egypt vote means fateful choice for nation

      A woman walks past Arabic writings on a wall that read, "no, leave, Muslim Brotherhood," in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Egypt's opposition called on its followers to vote "no" in a crucial referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

      Two days before a constitutional referendum it considered boycotting, Egypt's secular opposition finally launched its "no" campaign Thursday with newspaper and TV ads detailing the argument against the charter drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi.

    • A woman holds a trio of images showing Venezuelan St. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, top, renowned as the ``Doctor of the Poor''; a laminated holy card of Jesus Christ; and an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, at a church service where supporters of the ailing president gathered to pray for his health, in Caracas,Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Venezuelans were warned that Chavez may not be well enough after his fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba to be inaugurated on Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
      VP: Chavez recovery favorable after complications AP - 1 hr 59 mins ago

      President Hugo Chavez is recovering favorably despite suffering complications during cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said Thursday amid uncertainty over the Venezuelan leader's health crisis and the country's … More »VP: Chavez recovery favorable after complications

      A woman holds a trio of images showing Venezuelan St. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, top, renowned as the ``Doctor of the Poor''; a laminated holy card of Jesus Christ; and an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, at a church service where supporters of the ailing president gathered to pray for his health, in Caracas,Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Venezuelans were warned that Chavez may not be well enough after his fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba to be inaugurated on Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

      President Hugo Chavez is recovering favorably despite suffering complications during cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said Thursday amid uncertainty over the Venezuelan leader's health crisis and the country's political future.

    • Obama's 'red line' may be giving Assad an opening AP - 3 hrs ago

      President Barack Obama's chemical weapons position on Syria may have given Bashar Assad an unintended opening: The embattled Syrian leader appears willing to use other deadly tactics, including Scud missiles, without fear … More »Obama's 'red line' may be giving Assad an opening

      President Barack Obama's chemical weapons position on Syria may have given Bashar Assad an unintended opening: The embattled Syrian leader appears willing to use other deadly tactics, including Scud missiles, without fear of U.S. retaliation.

    • In this image made from video, North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. A satellite that North Korea launched on board the long-range rocket is orbiting normally, South Korea said on Thursday, following a defiant lift-off that drew a wave of international condemnation. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)
      NKorea still years away from reliable missiles AP - 58 mins ago

      After 14 years of painstaking labor, North Korea finally has a rocket that can put a satellite in orbit. But that doesn't mean Pyongyang is close to having an intercontinental ballistic missile. More »NKorea still years away from reliable missiles

      In this image made from video, North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. A satellite that North Korea launched on board the long-range rocket is orbiting normally, South Korea said on Thursday, following a defiant lift-off that drew a wave of international condemnation. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)

      After 14 years of painstaking labor, North Korea finally has a rocket that can put a satellite in orbit. But that doesn't mean Pyongyang is close to having an intercontinental ballistic missile.

    • Inquest: Nurse in British royal hoax found hanging AP - 1 hr 39 mins ago

      A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, a U.K. inquest was told. The case is being treated as an apparent suic … More »Inquest: Nurse in British royal hoax found hanging

      A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, a U.K. inquest was told. The case is being treated as an apparent suicide.

    • FILE - In this March 13, 2006 file photo, German Khalid al-Masri who says CIA agents abducted him and transported him to Afghanistan attends a meeting of the European Parliament committee investigating claims of U.S. secret prisons and flights in Europe at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, eastern France. The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 in favor of al-Masri who says the CIA illegally kidnapped him and took him to a secret prison in Afghanistan in 2003. The decision was hailed by critics of the so-called extraordinary renditions programs in the U.S. war on terrorism. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann, File)
      European court condemns CIA in landmark ruling AP - 2 hrs 43 mins ago

      A European court issued a landmark ruling Thursday that condemned the CIA's "extraordinary renditions" programs and bolstered those who say they were illegally kidnapped and tortured as part of an overzealous war on ter … More »European court condemns CIA in landmark ruling

      FILE - In this March 13, 2006 file photo, German Khalid al-Masri who says CIA agents abducted him and transported him to Afghanistan attends a meeting of the European Parliament committee investigating claims of U.S. secret prisons and flights in Europe at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, eastern France. The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 in favor of al-Masri who says the CIA illegally kidnapped him and took him to a secret prison in Afghanistan in 2003. The decision was hailed by critics of the so-called extraordinary renditions programs in the U.S. war on terrorism. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann, File)

      A European court issued a landmark ruling Thursday that condemned the CIA's "extraordinary renditions" programs and bolstered those who say they were illegally kidnapped and tortured as part of an overzealous war on terrorism.

    • Officials: Libyan government slowing investigation AP - 7 hrs ago

      U.S. counterterrorism officials told lawmakers Thursday that uncooperative or less-than-capable local law enforcement in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia is slowing the search for suspects in the death of the U.S. ambassador and … More »Officials: Libyan government slowing investigation

      U.S. counterterrorism officials told lawmakers Thursday that uncooperative or less-than-capable local law enforcement in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia is slowing the search for suspects in the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya on Sept. 11.

    • German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with French President Francois Hollande during a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. In one whirlwind morning, the European Union nations agreed on the foundation of a fully-fledged banking union and Greece’s euro partners approved billions of euros in bailout loans that will prevent the nation from going bankrupt. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
      EU leaders call for 1 body to close bad banks AP - 1 hr 1 min ago

      European Union leaders are pledging to create a body with the authority to restructure or close down banks in trouble. More »EU leaders call for 1 body to close bad banks

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with French President Francois Hollande during a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. In one whirlwind morning, the European Union nations agreed on the foundation of a fully-fledged banking union and Greece’s euro partners approved billions of euros in bailout loans that will prevent the nation from going bankrupt. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

      European Union leaders are pledging to create a body with the authority to restructure or close down banks in trouble.

    • Cuba's President Raul Castro points as he attends a session of the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The session is one of the National Assembly's twice-yearly gatherings. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate)
      Raul Castro says economic reforms are working AP - 1 hr 41 mins ago

      President Raul Castro declared Thursday that Cuba's two-year experiment with market reforms is working and has the wind at its back, but said much work remains to breathe life into the sputtering economy. More »Raul Castro says economic reforms are working

      Cuba's President Raul Castro points as he attends a session of the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The session is one of the National Assembly's twice-yearly gatherings. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate)

      President Raul Castro declared Thursday that Cuba's two-year experiment with market reforms is working and has the wind at its back, but said much work remains to breathe life into the sputtering economy.

    • Chile-Peru border dispute moves from battlefield to courtroom Christian Science Monitor - 5 hrs ago

      Lawyers from Peru and Chile complete their arguments tomorrow in a trial to determine once and for all which country controls what acreage of the Pacific Ocean. More »Chile-Peru border dispute moves from battlefield to courtroom

      Lawyers from Peru and Chile complete their arguments tomorrow in a trial to determine once and for all which country controls what acreage of the Pacific Ocean.

    • Mysteries swirl around North Korea's satellite launch Christian Science Monitor - 7 hrs ago

      US and South Korean officials appear to disagree on one detail of the North Korean satellite that has nothing to do with any difference over what to do about it. More »Mysteries swirl around North Korea's satellite launch

      US and South Korean officials appear to disagree on one detail of the North Korean satellite that has nothing to do with any difference over what to do about it.

    • Is Morsi a president for all Egyptians, or just Brothers? Christian Science Monitor - 10 hrs ago

      Mohamed Omar was taking supplies to a field hospital treating opposition protesters injured in deadly clashes with supporters of President Mohamed Morsi last week when suddenly the front line shifted. The president's supporters … More »Is Morsi a president for all Egyptians, or just Brothers?

      Mohamed Omar was taking supplies to a field hospital treating opposition protesters injured in deadly clashes with supporters of President Mohamed Morsi last week when suddenly the front line shifted. The president's supporters surrounded and grabbed him.

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