Syrian troops storm Damascus suburb
2011-05-05 14:30:44
Hundreds of Syrian soldiers in combat gear broke into houses and made arrests overnight in the Damascus suburb of Saqba, scene of a mass demonstration against the president last week.
Suicide car bomber in Iraq kills 15
2011-05-05 14:43:52
A car bomb explosion killed at least 15 people and wounded 25 on Thursday in Iraq's predominantly Shi'ite southern city of Hilla, medical and police sources said.
10 Iraqi policemen killed in suicide bombing
2011-05-05 13:46:28
At least ten Iraqi policemen were killed in a suicide car bombing in Hilla city, south of Baghdad, on Thursday, local media reported.
Last man WWI veteran dies at 110 in Australia
2011-05-05 12:54:38
The man believed to have been the last living male veteran of World War I on Thursday died in Perth of Australia aged at 110.
Australian churches can discriminate against gays
2011-05-05 12:48:28
Religious groups in Australia are allowed to discriminate against people who are gay or transgender, prompting criticism from gay rights activists who find it galling that religious social service programs receive millions of dollars in government funding.
Hollywood actor Jackie Cooper dead at 88
2011-05-05 10:58:50
Actor Jackie Cooper, who survived a tumultuous childhood as an Oscar-nominated star to enjoy a varied career as a TV executive, director and "Superman" sidekick, died near Los Angeles. He was 88.
Americans yearn to talk to SEALs in bin Laden raid
2011-05-05 10:44:30
Patrons in bars across the US are raising toasts in the air, hoping the gesture of gratitude would somehow reach the elite, clandestine team of Navy SEALs that took down Osama bin Laden. Millions of others are turning to social networks with their thoughts.
Doctored bin Laden corpse photos go viral, global
2011-05-05 10:25:39
The images are bloody, grotesque and convincing: Osama bin Laden lies dead, the left side of his head blasted away. But the pictures are fakes.
FBI: US mosque bombing suspect fatally shot
2011-05-05 10:23:17
A man wanted in the bombing of a Florida mosque was shot and killed Wednesday when he brandished a weapon as agents tried to serve an arrest warrant in northwest Oklahoma, FBI officials said.
US reaffirms firefight at bin Laden compound
2011-05-05 10:22:33
US officials reaffirmed on Wednesday that there was a firefight at the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed, despite growing questions about the Obama administration's version of events and revelations that the al-Qaida leader was not armed.
Why the US had it wrong about bin Laden's hideout
2011-05-05 10:15:24
The dramatic raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in a Pakistani town this week capped a decade-long manhunt, but it also revealed just how wrong the US had been about where the world's most wanted terrorist was hiding.
US reaffirms firefight at Bin Laden compound
2011-05-05 10:10:46
US officials reaffirmed on Wednesday that there was a firefight at the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed, despite growing questions about the Obama administration's version of events and revelations the al Qaeda leader was not armed.