RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in the West Bank and Gaza on Wednesday to mark the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war that...
TOKYO -- Japan's nuclear watchdog announced Wednesday that the nation's trouble-plagued next-generation test reactor will not be allowed to restart due to safety violations, dealing a setback to the country's pro-nuclear government.
KAMPALA, Uganda -- A four-story building under construction collapsed, killing at least six workers and injuring dozens more people, Rwandan police said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Iran -- Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two contenders -- a moderate former president and a protege of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- from running in next month's presidential election.
TIMIKA, Indonesia -- Rescuers using jacks, saws and wheelbarrows were digging through a caved-in mine tunnel Wednesday looking for about 25 workers trapped a day after the collapse at a giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia, the mine operator said.
GENEVA -- The Swiss government wants to broaden its anti-corruption laws to make bribery a criminal offense in almost all cases.
KIRUNA, Sweden -- Arctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising superpowers China, India and South Korea that are seeking to mine the region for its untapped energy and other natural resources.
ISLAMABAD -- The vote count from last weekend's nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party.
MOSCOW -- A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they displayed tradecraft tools that seemed straight from a cheap spy thriller: wigs, packets of cash, a knife, map and compass, and a letter promising millions for "long-term cooperation."
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazilian notary publics must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday.
MOSCOW -- Russia's security services say they have caught a U.S. diplomat who they claim is a CIA agent in a red-handed attempt to recruit a Russian agent.
ATHENS, Greece -- Debt-hobbled Greece got a new morale boost Tuesday, with Fitch ratings agency upgrading its sovereign credit grade, a day after the country's European creditors backed the release of a new rescue loan payment.
LONDON -- Seven men were convicted in London on Tuesday for sexually abusing underage girls, including one who was just 11, by plying them with alcohol and drugs before forcing them to commit sex acts.
MEXICO CITY -- The men who beat Malcolm Shabazz to death not only punched and kick him but also used a bat or stick during the attack, Mexico City's top prosecutor said Tuesday.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- NATO says four U.S. service personnel have been killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan's volatile south.
TIMIKA, Indonesia -- Rescuers at a giant U.S.-owned mine in eastern Indonesia have freed four out of 37 workers who were believed trapped underground Tuesday when a tunnel collapsed, the company said.
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry.
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across in the nation's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what is now an open rebellion.
BERLIN -- A German ship operator says five crew members kidnapped from one of its ships off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released.
HEROR, Iraq -- Bringing their rifles and hand grenades, the first Kurdish fighters crossed Tuesday from Turkey into northern Iraq as part of a peace deal to end a long uprising despite Iraqi objections to the transfer.