U.S. official says Benghazi consulate was “terrorist attack”
The assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which four Americans died was a “terrorist attack” that may have had an al Qaeda connection, a top U.S. counterterrorism official told...
View ArticleIn New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be “eliminated”
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday disregarded a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric and declared ahead of the annual General Assembly session that Israel has no roots in the Middle...
View ArticleUruguay poised to legalize abortion
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s congress appeared ready on Tuesday to legalize abortion, a groundbreaking move in Latin America, where no country save Cuba has made abortions accessible to all...
View ArticleAnti-cuts protests erupt on streets of Athens and Madrid
Demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of Athens and Madrid on Wednesday in an upsurge of popular anger at new austerity measures being imposed on two of the euro zone’s most vulnerable...
View ArticleNetanyahu calls for “clear red line” on Iranian nuclear program
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday the only way to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons was by setting “a clear red line” to stop its atomic program. “At this late hour,...
View ArticleU.S. now says Benghazi attack was “deliberate and organized”
The top U.S. intelligence authority issued an unusual public statement on Friday, declaring it now believed the September 11 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, was a “deliberate...
View ArticleTymoshenko calls on Ukraine to rise up against “mafia-rule”
Jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko called on Ukrainians on Saturday to “rise up” at a parliamentary election next month and end President Viktor Yanukovich’s “criminal rule”. In a shaky...
View ArticleFive things to watch in the presidential debate
(Reuters) – The debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Wednesday marks the first time the two candidates will be able to challenge each other directly on the...
View ArticleRomney takes fight to Obama in first debate
An aggressive Mitt Romney took the fight to President Barack Obama on Wednesday and the Republican candidate appeared to breathe new life into his struggling campaign with a solid performance at their...
View ArticleChavez’s socialist rule at risk as Venezuelans vote
Venezuelans lined up for hours in searing tropical heat on Sunday to vote in the biggest electoral test yet to President Hugo Chavez’s socialist rule from a young rival tapping into discontent over...
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