Soldiers loyal to democratically elected president Alassane Ouattara return from fighting to a checkpoint serving as an operating base, at one of the main entrances to Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Wednesday, April 6

ROME, April 6 (Reuters): More than 130 people were missing and at least 15 appeared to be dead after a boat carrying Eritrean and Somali refugees from Libya capsized south of Sicily early Wednesday, coast guard

A Libyan rebel fighter reads the Quran at a rebel position on the main road near Brega, Libya on Wednesday, April 6. NATO rejected criticism from Libyan rebels over the pace of its military campaign in Libya, s

MILAN, April 6 (Reuters): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges he paid an underage woman for sex opened on Wednesday and was adjourned until May 31 after just 10 minutes.Berlusconi, who h

An elderly woman is screened for radiation contamination at a makeshift inspection center set by a local disaster countermeasures office in Tamura city, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan on Wednesday, Ap

Unidentified troops drive past in the city of  Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Friday, April 1. Heavy fighting raged Friday near Ivory Coast’s presidential palace and mansion and the state TV broadcaster as

In this photo released by Prime Minister’s Office of Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, third right, observes a minute of silence as he inspects the damage in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami de

A Libyan man inspects destroyed military vehicles that belonged to pro Gadhafi forces at the site of a NATO air strike on the outskirts of Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday, March 29. International military forces are

A frogman is screened for leaked radiation after interrupting an undersea search at the port of Obama, northeastern Japan on Wednesday, March 30. The March 11 quake off Japan’s northeast coast triggered a

SHENZHEN, China, March 30 (Reuters): China executed on Wednesday three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking despite a flurry of public appeals for clemency in the Philippines, and days after Amnesty Internat

BANGKOK, March 30 (Reuters): Severe flooding and mudslides in southern Thailand have killed 21 people, stranded thousands of tourists and threatened to delay shipments of rubber in the world's largest rubber-pr

MILAN, March 29 (AP): Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi made a rare appearance on Monday at a court hearing in Milan for a tax fraud case that he dismissed as groundless and ridiculous.Berlusconi waved to a cro

Libyan rebels retread from the frontline outside of Ras Lanouf, 250 km east of Sirte, central Libya on Tuesday, March 29. International leaders plotted out an endgame Tuesday for Moammar Gadhafi’s totteri

SEOUL, March 29 (AFP): North and South Korea began talks Tuesday about a potential volcanic threat from the peninsula's highest mountain, in a rare moment of cooperation after months of confrontation.The meetin

New York, March 29 (NYT): Imagine you are a well-known person aggrieved by how you are portrayed on the internet: the slapdash Wikipedia entry; the unflattering gossip item; the endlessly repeated story about h

Evacuees hang out by a kerosene stove at an evacuation center in Fukushima, northeastern Japan on Tuesday, March 29. (AP Photo) TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters): Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear c

MILAN, March 28 (Reuters): Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was set to appear in court for the first time in almost eight years on Monday, in a trial over alleged fraud during the acquisition of televis

A Libyan rebel has the rebel flag painted on his fingers as he flashes the vicory sign on the front line outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 km east of Sirte, central Libya on Monday, March 28. (AP Photo) BIN JAWAD

FUKUSHIMA CITY, March 28 (Reuters): With all the stoicism of a character out of Hemingway -- one of his favorite writers -- Mitsuharu Watanobe sits on a gymnasium floor in the city of Fukushima, and waits.The r

BERLIN, March 28 (Reuters): German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party said on Monday it stood united behind its leader after some members blamed her for a humiliating loss in a state vote in Baden-Wu