Huge protests overshadow Spanish local elections
2011-05-23 08:06:41
Spaniards voted on Sunday in local elections set to crush the ruling Socialists as protesters fuming over mass unemployment defied a ban on their swelling movement.
18 dead in blasts in and around Baghdad
2011-05-23 07:53:54
More than a dozen bomb attacks in and around Baghdad on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, including 12 people killed in a suicide attack, and 80 wounded.
Yemeni president refuses to sign GCC deal
2011-05-23 07:28:50
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday warned against civil war ignited by the opposition, shortly after he announced his refusal to sign the Gulf-brokered deal.
Bigger Icelandic eruption, but less airline angst
2011-05-23 06:54:27
An Icelandic volcano flung ash, smoke and steam miles (kilometers) into the air Sunday and dropped a thick layer of gray soot in an eruption far more forceful.
EU opens diplomatic office in Libya's rebel east
2011-05-22 22:58:43
In a boost to Libya's rebels, the European Union opened a diplomatic office Sunday in their eastern stronghold and pledged support for a democratic Libya where Moammar Gadhafi "will not be in the picture."
British military ends its 8-year mission in Iraq
2011-05-22 21:33:42
British operations in Iraq are officially ending, more than eight years after the country joined the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Swiss may not support European for IMF post-paper
2011-05-22 20:54:18
Switzerland will support the best candidate for the top job at the International Monetary Fund and will not necessarily back a European, the Alpine state's top official at the global lender told a paper on Sunday.
Iceland closes main airport amid volcano eruption
2011-05-22 20:40:04
Iceland closed its main international airport and canceled domestic flights Sunday as a powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles (20 kilometers) into the air.
Italian toddler left by dad in hot car dies
2011-05-22 20:04:03
A Italian toddler has died after her father forgot to drop her off at day-care and left her in his hot car for five hours.
Obama says he'd repeat bin Laden raid
2011-05-22 19:36:27
US President Barack Obama says he would order another covert military raid like that which killed Osama bin Laden if it was necessary to stop terrorist attacks.
Saudi woman arrested for challenging driving ban
2011-05-22 19:33:26
Saudi authorities arrested a female activist on Sunday who launched a campaign to challenge a ban on women driving in the conservative kingdom and posted a video on the Internet of her driving, activists said.
Mideast peace talks would face huge obstacles
2011-05-22 19:11:44
US President Barack Obama wants Israelis and Palestinians to return to the bargaining table. It seems unlikely this will happen, but even if it did, the sides would find a formidable array of obstacles to agreement.