JUBA, February 16  (AP):  Leveling serious accusations for the second day in a row, the leader of Southern Sudan's ruling party condemned the Khartoum government on Wednesday for allegedly arming sout

KABUL, February 16 (AP):  The International Monetary Fund is recommending that Afghanistan's troubled Kabul Bank be placed into receivership and then quickly sold off as part of a broader effort to stabili

CAIRO, February 15 (AP): Egypt's long banned Muslim Brotherhood said Tuesday it intends to form a political party once democracy is established, as the country's new military rulers launched a panel of experts

KOBLENZ, February 15 (AP): A German man admitted fathering at least seven children with his stepdaughter Tuesday as his trial opened on charges he abused her, his daughter and his stepson for more than 20 years

WASHINGTON, February 15 (AFP): The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will allow for a reduced US defense budget in 2012 but the war in Afghanistan still costs the United States close to 300 million dollar

Saudi to remove books deemed to promote terrorismRIYADH, February 15 (AP): An official at the Saudi Education Ministry says the kingdom plans to remove books from school libraries that are deemed to encourage t

FILE - In this file photo taken on December 13, 2010, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi holds his head during a session at the Senate, in Rome. On Tuesday, February 15, an Italian judge ordered Premier Silvio B

LAGOS, Nigeria, February 13 (AP): A panicked crowd at a political rally in southern Nigeria trampled at least 11 people to death and injured dozens more as President Goodluck Jonathan gave a speech promising to

In this February 9, 2011 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak listens during a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo)

ISLAMABAD, February 13 (AP): Pakistan's standoff with Washington over a jailed U.S. Embassy worker will not thwart talks between the two countries and Afghanistan, a Pakistani government spokesman said Sunday.

Cecile Blumental, nee Schrouben, friend of Henri Huet, stands next to a photograph of Henri Huet, at the 'Henri Huet, Vietnam' exhibition at the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, MEP, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb

LONDON, February 13 (Reuters): Britain plans to allow same-sex unions to be celebrated in places of worship, removing a key legal distinction between homosexual civil partnerships and heterosexual marriage, new

UNITED NATIONS, February 12 (AFP): US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, has condemned US critics of the world body who have called for US funds to be held back, while also attacking the UN for picki

An Egyptian holds up newspaper fronted with a picture of former President Hosni Mubarak and the Arabic headline, "Finally he steps down", at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, February 12. Egypt exploded

ISLAMABAD, February 12 (AFP): A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant for former President Pervez Musharraf over the assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a public pro

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, right, greets members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) during a cerebration to mark the 64th Union Day at its headquarters Saturday, February 12 in Yangon, Mya

In this January 28, 2011 file photo, Pakistani security officials escort Raymond Allen Davis, a U.S. consulate employee, center, to a local court in Lahore, Pakistan. Aides to Pakistan's president expressed con

CAIRO, February 11 (AP): Egypt's powerful military backed President Hosni Mubarak's plan to stay in office until September elections, enraging hundreds of thousands of protesters who deluged squares in at least

Isaac Amuah arrives at court in Johannesburg, February 11 for an extradition hearing. Amuah, the son-in-law of former president Nelson Mandela, is accused of sexual assault in Connecticut.  (AP Photo) 

Vehicles carrying coffins head to the Pakistan army training camp in Mardan near Peshawar, Pakistan on February 10. A 12-year-old boy suicide bomber in a school uniform attacked soldiers during morning exercise