Israeli opposition leader fights for party’s life
Many people expected Tzipi Livni to become Israel's first female prime minister since Golda Meir. After her high-profile stint as foreign minister, the centrist Kadima party she heads won more...
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Oil tanker seizure a coup for pirates
In a dramatic and unprecedented display of prowess, suspected Somali pirates operating deep in open waters have seized an oil tanker as long as an aircraft carrier, the U.S. military...
Darfur genocide laid at
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court filed genocide charges Monday against Sudan's president, fueling a debate over whether the move would help end the long-standing violence in the...
To Sudan, court is criminal
Sudanese officials on Friday largely shrugged off news that the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is seeking the arrest of the country's president for genocide and crimes against humanity, reiterating...
In Somalia, food prices cost lives
Thousands of angry Somalis rioted Monday over rising food prices and the collapse of the nation's currency, culminating in clashes with government troops and armed shopkeepers that killed at least...
Regional war fears rising in Somalia
Ethiopian jets pounded Islamic-held positions in southern Somalia on Sunday, deepening a conflict that diplomats fear could ignite a regional war. Several hundred people already have been killed over the...
Sunnis threatening to defeat constitution in referendum
There are no red states or blue states. Ballots won't have hanging chads. But Iraq's constitutional battle appears headed for an election day showdown that--similar to recent U.S. presidential elections--will...
Christmas isn’t very merry for Iraqi Christians
Nestled off of a bustling shopping avenue in central Baghdad, Babylon Farms offers all the retail trappings of Christmas. Baskets brim with glitter-dusted ornaments. A 4-foot Santa Claus doll towers...
U.S. says ammo cache blown up in Fallujah
As residents of Samarra ventured outside for the first time in three days on Sunday, U.S. forces launched predawn air strikes on Fallujah, another so-called Sunni Triangle city that has...
Rebels leave mosque
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani resumed control over the Imam Ali shrine Friday as a final handful of militiamen loyal to a rebel Shiite cleric exited the compound after a deadly...