As renewed violence in Syria killed at least 80 people this week, the Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in the country and criticized Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the continued...
It’s the latest trend on Twitter and Facebook: hashtags proclaiming #stopkony and links to a controversial video made by the U.S.-based charity group Invisible Children. The video follows the...
British Prime Minister David Cameron called on the West to hold the Syrian government accountable for its actions in the nearly year-long uprising that has killed thousands of people. Speaking at an...
Women staged a “Million Women” march in Cairo Tuesday to protest the violent treatment of female demonstrators by the military, including an incident over the weekend in which military police...
In the face of opposition from the United States and Israel, Palestinians asked the United Nations to recognize them as an official state. The move comes after two decades of unproductive...
Seven months after launching an intense air campaign that led to the ousting of leader Moammar Gadhafi, NATO announced on Monday the end of military operations in Libya.
The campaign, which began...
This week brought upheaval – good and bad – to countries around the world, especially in the Middle East and the massive uprisings dubbed the“Arab Spring.” The changes came so quickly there wasn’t...
Doctors say Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for standing up to its oppression, is improving, raising hopes she'll make a full recovery. Malala arrived in the...
Cubans will soon gain more freedom, with the Communist country announcing it will allow citizens to leave without an exit visa, a requirement that previously kept many Cubans from leaving the...