Human rights organizations appealed to Iranian authorities Saturday to call off the next day\'s scheduled execution of a Kurdish-Iranian law student charged with moharebeh -- which translates to \"enmity against God\" -- and other security-related crimes.
The Christmas Eve attacks in the volatile Nigerian city of Jos have claimed at least 31 lives, a bloody aftermath in a region long torn by Christian and Muslim hostility.
About 14,000 Ivory Coast residents escaping their country\'s political instability and violence have fled to eastern Liberia, the United Nations refugee agency says. DISPUTED PRESIDENT WON\'T STEP DOWN | FULL STORY
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Dutch police have arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said Saturday. The m..
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) - A burqa-clad female suicide bomber in Pakistan lobbed hand grenades, then detonated her explosive belt among a crowd at an aid center Saturday, killing at lea..
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Iraqi Christians celebrated a somber Christmas in a Baghdad cathedral stained with dried blood, while Pope Benedict XVI exhorted Chinese Catholics to stay loyal..
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - The man who refuses to leave Ivory Coast's presidency faced new threats to his grasp on power Saturday after regional leaders threatened to remove him b..
Dutch authorities have arrested 12 men of Somali origin they believe were about to carry out a terrorist attack, authorities said Saturday.
HONOLULU (AP) - President Barack Obama spent a quiet Christmas morning with his family Saturday, a rare bit of privacy for one of the world's most scrutinized men. The Obamas are r..
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - With a rare white Christmas in parts of the Southeast and snow predicted for the nation's Capital, airlines canceled hundreds of flights and urged travelers..
Flight delays were easing at airports across Europe today after air traffic was snarled by bad weather and a shortage of de-icing fluid.
Christians all over the world are celebrating Christmas.
Security forces killed 40 militants who were among a group that attacked checkpoints in northwest Pakistan, leaving 11 soldiers dead, authorities said Saturday.
A blast at a food distribution point in Pakistan killed 31 people and injured 62 others on Saturday, a senior government official said.
Christians all over the world are celebrating Christmas.
Five blasts went off in the Nigerian city of Jos Friday night as residents were clebrating Christmas Eve, leaving dead and injured, a regional government official said.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Puerto Rico on Friday, rattling residents but causing no immediate reports of damage.
Inter Milan have named Leonardo as their new coach in succession to the sacked Rafael Benitez.
Part Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris was evacuated Friday due to the accumulation of snow on the roof and hundreds of flights were canceled because of a shortage of de-icing fluid, authorities said, as blustery winter weather snarled travel across Europe.
West African leaders were huddling in Nigeria on Friday over how best to defuse an escalating crisis in Ivory Coast, where President Laurent Gbagbo refuses to concede power.
