Five foreigners, including a French national, a Japanese reporter and two Russians, were detained during the Feb. 11 rallies marking the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.
A daylight Maoist rebel attack on a police camp that killed at least 24 people has raised a storm of criticism that India is unable to guard against rising militant violence in some key industrial and mining areas.
Russia and the Georgian rebel region of Abkhazia signed a deal on Wednesday allowing Moscow to build a military base on its soil, strengthening its dependence on its sponsor and stoking tensions with Tbilis?.
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama’s union with labor unions has become a marriage made in hell. If he wants to save his presidency, and his party, he should seek a divorce.
LONDON – In his quest to stabilize his country, Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, dressed in white robes, arrived last week in Mecca on what can only be called a diplomatic pilgrimage. Although Karzai undoubtedly spent time praying at Islam’s holiest site, his mission was intended to prove more than his piety.
The US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz sailed into Hong Kong on schedule on Wednesday despite a Chinese pledge to suspend military exchanges with the United States after its announced arms sales to Taiwan.
A high-profile corruption scandal involving Silvio Berlusconi’s inner circle is denting the Italian prime minister’s hopes of a sweeping victory in regional elections next month.
President Barack Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees on Tuesday to build the first US nuclear power plant in nearly three decades, a move designed to help advance climate legislation in Congress.
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