GENEVA (AP) - The Syrian civil war contributed to pushing the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday. (Source... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (AP) - A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 40 and wounded dozens Sunday, spreading fear throughout the county in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to wide... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car Saturday in Syria's central city of Homs, tearing through an area largely populated by the regime's Alawite sect and killing seven people, a state-owned TV station reported. ... [Full Article]
MOSCOW (AP) - A rush-hour fire in Moscow's subway on Wednesday injured dozens of people, forced the evacuation of thousands of commuters and closed parts of the network, authorities said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
OSTROMECHEVO, Belarus (AP) - The fisherman wanted his photo shot with a beaver. The beaver had other ideas: It attacked the 60-year-old man with razor-sharp teeth, slicing an artery and causing him to bleed to death. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (AP) - New attacks in Iraq killed 13 people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives across the country. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (AP) - New attacks in Iraq killed seven people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives across the country. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs across Iraq killed at least 14 people on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. Two of the bombs, in the city of Kirkuk, killed 9 people. (Reporting by Mustafa Mahmoud in Kirkuk and Kareem Raheem in Baghdad... [Full Article]
SHANGHAI (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a Shanghai neighborhood where European Jews found refuge during World War II, saying Israel's strong military would ensure they would never again have to seek such protection from... [Full Article]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A powerful bomb ripped through a bustling commercial district of Damascus on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people, shattering store fronts and bringing Syria's civil war to the heart of the capital for the second consecutiv... [Full Article]