Thousands of protesters rally against Israel
CAIRO, Egypt – An estimated 50,000 people protested in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria after Friday prayers, joining thousands of people in more than a dozen cities in the Middle East and elsewhere rallying against the Israeli offensive in th...See Story

 

Diplomat: US won't make same mistake with Nkorea
SEOUL, South Korea – The U.S. warned Thursday that North Korea's bad behavior will no longer be rewarded following its recent nuclear test, and tensions flared further as a North Korean patrol boat intruded into South Korean-claimed waters, officials...See Story

 

Somali pirates reportedly release Saudi tanker
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali pirates released an oil-laden Saudi supertanker after receiving a $3 million ransom, a negotiator for the bandits said Friday. A photo appeared to show the money delivered by parachute to the ship's deck.

The MV S...See Story

 

Iran dismisses new sanctions on Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran - The European Union named Iran's largest commercial bank, the chief of the Revolutionary Guards and the head of the country's nuclear program on Tuesday as the targets of new sanctions imposed over Tehran's nuclear defiance.

I...See Story

 

Man in India jailed for caring for orphaned bear
NEW DELHI - It was supposed to be a heartwarming tale of a man who brought an orphaned bear cub home from the forests of India to console his 6-year-old daughter, who had just lost her mother.

But when wildlife officials saw the story in th...See Story

 

Divers find bodies in ferry that capsized in storm
SAN FERNANDO, Philippines - A coast guard diver searching for survivors Tuesday inside a ferry that capsized in a typhoon found bodies and a bit of comfort — a plastic rosary floating in the water.

Lt. Cmdr. Inocencio Rosario slipped on the...See Story

 

Officials: 15 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - Coalition warplanes swooped down on militants withdrawing from a firefight with police into the mountains of eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 15 of them, officials said.

Ismatullah Alizai, the police chief of Pak...See Story

 

Court says detainees have rights, bucking Bush
WASHINGTON - In a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terror policies, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge th...See Story