Japan used some for contact lens factory, whaling
SENDAI, Japan — About a quarter of the $148 billion budget for reconstruction after Japan’s March 2011 tsunami and nucle...
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Investigators from France will exhume Yasser Arafat’s remains next month to try to find out how the Palestinian leader died, a French official said...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's military was out in force Saturday as authorities struggled to maintain order amid outrage about a deadly bombing here that many Lebanese blamed on th...
VATICAN CITY — Some 80,000 pilgrims in feathered headdresses and other traditional garb flooded St. Peter’s Square on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI added seven more saints...
CAIRO — Libyan rebels appear to have “summarily executed” scores of fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, and probably the dictator himself, when they overran his hometown ...
OSLO, Norway — The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize today for its efforts to promote peace and democracy in Europe — an award given even though the bloc is strug...
Israeli soldier held for 5 years
JERUSALEM — A former Israeli soldier held for more than five years by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip has disclosed details about his l...
Pakistani girl listed as satisfactory
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A 14-year-old Pakistani activist who was shot by a Taliban gunman after speaking out for girls’ education is...
Girl activist, 14, shot by Taliban
ISLAMABAD — Schools shut their doors in protest and Pakistanis across the country held vigils Wednesday to pray for a 14-year-old girl ...
Church meetings still hotly debated
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI today marked the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council — the church meetings he attended as ...
