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US backs Philippines on sea freedom

The United States and the Philippines late Friday called for freedom of navigation in the tense South China Sea as the White House offered a robust show of support for President Benigno Aquino

Islamabad rejects Panetta’s allegations

Pakistan Saturday rejected US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s recent comments on militant safe havens in Pakistan, a move that could intensify tensions between troubled allies Islamabad and Washington.

US official arrives for border blockade talks

US assistant defense secretary Peter Lavoy has arrived in Islamabad in a fresh attempt to bring an end to a six-month blockade on NATO supplies crossing into Afghanistan, officials said Saturday

Egypt to have second go at constitution assembly

Egypt will try again Tuesday to set up an assembly to write a new constitution, the parliament speaker said Saturday, after the previous such body was dissolved for failing to represent all interests following the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s government.

Sunday, 10 - June 2012
  TRIPOLI/ZINTAN — A delegation for the International Criminal Court has been detained in Libya after one of its lawyers was found to
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
A 21-member monitoring team from the European Union arrived late Friday for the elections to the National Congress later this month
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
A Muslim has filed a lawsuit against a US government body in charge of advocating religious freedom, alleging that she lost a job because of her religion, court documents showed Friday.
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
A female lawyer for the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been detained in Libya after she was found to be carrying suspicious letters for Muammar Gaddafi’s detained son Saif Al-Islam, a Libyan lawyer said Saturday.
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
French President Francois Hollande said Saturday that France would begin its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan next month and complete it by the end of the year.
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
Chinese state media say 12 police officers — including two police chiefs — have been either fired or disciplined for inadequately investigating a series of murders in southwest China.
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
A woman reported to be visiting Australia from China has died after eating a toxic Death Cap mushroom
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas warned late Friday that he may seek to upgrade the Palestinian status at the United Nations to a non-member observer state if peace talks with Israel do not resume
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
Security forces in western Myanmar had to open fire on rioters who burned hundreds of homes
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
Two people were killed and several injured in clashes between Libyan soldiers and tribesmen in the remote southeast.
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
Iraq’s first major trial dealing with the country’s savage Sunni-Shiite sectarian killings is tainted by politics, critics say — an ominous sign for those hoping for justice for tens of thousands of victims of street executions, bombings and kidnappings.
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
China will launch three astronauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module, and the crew might include its first female space traveler, a government news agency said Saturday.
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
The Obama administration is defending its nominee to be the next ambassador to Iraq amid allegations that he may have acted inappropriately while working at the US Embassy in Baghdad during President George W. Bush’s second term.
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
Police say gunmen have shot and killed four police officers who were guarding a railway track in southwestern Pakistan after local authorities were alerted about plots to plant bombs targeting trains along the route.
Sunday, 10 - June 2012
A handout image released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network shows