Afghan police in an operation against insurgents killed a Taliban key commander in Herat province 640 km west of capital city of Kabul, deputy to provincial police chief said on Tuesday.
A 40-year-old American man living in Scotland said Monday he's sorry for posing as a Syrian lesbian blogger who offered vivid accounts of life amid revolt and repression in Damascus.
The battle against Europe's deadly E. coli outbreak descended into cacophony and confusion. Now that the crisis is stabilizing, German officials acknowledge lessons to be learned.
A series of aftershocks in New Zealand's quake-weary city of Christchurch is being blamed for the death of an elderly nursing home resident.
The International Monetary Fund's board on Monday blocked Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer from the race for the top IMF job, further boosting the chances of French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.
Italians voted to ban nuclear energy for decades on Monday in a referendum that was strongly influenced by Japan's Fukushima disaster.
 Italian voters turned out in large numbers to deal Premier Silvio Berlusconi his latest blow at the ballot box Monday, overturning laws passed by his government to revive nuclear energy, privatize the water supply.
Italian voters turned out in large numbers to deal Premier Silvio Berlusconi his latest blow at the ballot box Monday, overturning laws passed by his government to revive nuclear energy, privatize the water supply.
In an unusually blunt parting speech on Friday, outgoing US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called on the Atlantic allies of the United States to pay and do more to overcome the alliance's military shortcomings.
The Yemeni security authorities arrested several people suspected of being behind assassination attack against President Ali Abdullah Saleh on June 3, the ruling party's media reported on Monday.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced on Monday a long-delayed new government dominated by allies of Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which is likely to cause alarm among Western powers.
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Italy to rally opposition to Palestinian plans to have the U.N. recognize a Palestinian state in September.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Italy to rally opposition to Palestinian plans to have the U.N. recognize a Palestinian state in September.
 Natural history buffs with Tyrannosaurus-sized bank accounts got a chance to ante up on Sunday when an unusually large collection of fully assembled, museum-quality dinosaur skeletons was put up for auction.
Natural history buffs with Tyrannosaurus-sized bank accounts got a chance to ante up on Sunday when an unusually large collection of fully assembled, museum-quality dinosaur skeletons was put up for auction.
 
 
 Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
 Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
 
 
 Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
 Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
 
 
 UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
 UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
 
 
 German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
 German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
 
 
 China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
 China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
 
 
 Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
 Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League