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The worst blast detonated in the Shiite neighborhood of Karradah during rush hour, shaking buildings and windows blocks away.

NYPD monitored students at colleges across Northeast; sent agent on rafting trip, noted prayer.

HPD says it all happened around midnight when two women were in their upstairs unit at the Crown Garden apartment complex on Hillcroft and Edgemore.

A small Ukrainian nationalist party came under fire Wednesday after a high-profile member suggested a singer of African descent was a bad choice to represent the country in the Eurovision song contest.

Black smoke rises from tires which were burnt by protesters as Afghan policemen march during an anti-US demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb.

KABUL: Afghan and U.S. officials say they are considering pushing through a long-delayed partnership agreement by relegating the contentious issues of night raids and control over detainees to separate negotiations.

The United States and North Korea reopen nuclear talks this week that will provide a glimpse into whether a political transition to Kim Jong Il's young son is going smoothly two months after the longtime North Korean leader's death.Analysts say the talks Thursday could show North Korea's readiness to get back to a nuclear disarmament-for-aid deal ... (more)

Thousands of people gathered at Myanmar's most sacred Buddhist shrine on Wednesday to celebrate an annual festival banned for more than 20 years under the former military government.

In this Feb. 10, 2012 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez talks to the press after a meeting with foreign ministers of the countries members of the ALBA trade block at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela.

It's best to present this story without much comment. Here's the basic outline: Pentti Arajarvi - husband of Finnish president Tarja Halonen - was seated next to Danish Princess Mary during a state dinner in Copenhagen last month.

Pakistan's interior minister says the government will ask Interpol to arrest ex-President Pervez Musharraf in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

A Palestinian prisoner on Tuesday agreed to end his 66-day hunger strike after reaching a deal with Israel that will free him in April, the Israeli Justice Ministry said.

Yemenis voted Tuesday to instate their U.S.-backed vice president as the new head of state tasked with steering the country out of a crisis created by an anti-government uprising that has raged for a year.

20, 2012. A suicide car bomber attacked the police station in southern Afghanistan's largest city on Monday, killing one police officer in the blast, officials said.

Lance Cpl. Carlos Orozco III is accused of putting his foot on the back of Lance Cpl.

At least 10 people have been killed and three others are missing after an explosion at a steel plant in northeastern China.

CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Julia Gillard will host a dinner for two lesbian couples and a pair of gay men at her official residence on Tuesday after an activist group won a charity auction.

The chief prosecutor in the trial of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak said Monday in his closing remarks that the former president should be given the death penalty for the killings of protesters in last year's uprising.Mustafa Suleiman said Mr Mubarak, who ruled over the Arab world's most populous country for nearly 30 years, clea... ... Read ... (more)

Four months after the death of Moammar Gadhafi, the people of Misrata were frustrated by stalled reforms.

President Barack Obama 's national security adviser has concluded three days of talks with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem amid an escalating focus on Iran's nuclear intentions.