World
Film protests continue in many countries
Thousands of angry activists staged new demonstrations in the Muslim World Saturday against a US-made anti-Islam film, as the death toll from Friday’s violent protests in Pakistan rose to 21.
Romney tax-return release unlikely to satisfy Democrats
Mitt Romney’s release of his 2011 tax return seemed unlikely to satisfy Democrats.
US ties improving, says Khar
Ties between Pakistan and the US are improving after hitting a low point.
China urges Philippines to mend ties after territorial row
Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has told a visiting Philippine envoy that he hopes ties hurt by a territorial row can recover, state media said Saturday.
Sunday, 23 - September 2012
The US government has published for the first time a list of 55 Guantanamo detainees cleared for release but still held amid challenges identifying a willing host country or concerns about sending them home.
Sunday, 23 - September 2012
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has visited the United Nations and received a new award as she paid tribune to unknown fighters for democracy in her country.
Sunday, 23 - September 2012
Indonesian police arrested eight suspected terrorists in the city of Solo on Saturday, finding homemade bombs and explosive materials in their houses, an official said.
Sunday, 23 - September 2012
Security men muscled away a protester who heckled Indian Premier Manmohan Singh on Saturday as he was about to deliver a speech defending contentious reforms aimed at reviving a flagging economy.
Sunday, 23 - September 2012
The African Union urged the presidents of Sudan and South Sudan, who will meet here Sunday, to strike a deal on the issues they still have to settle following the independence of South Sudan in July 2011.
Sunday, 23 - September 2012
Russia’s parliament has advanced sweeping spy legislation targeting civil groups that work with foreigners to upset domestic politics in what rights groups call another attack on freedoms.
