QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (AP) - A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 40 people on Monday, striking at market places and crowded bus stops during the busy morning hours, officials said. (So... [Full Article]
Invasive fire ants have been a thorn in the sides of Southerners for years. But another invasive species, the so-called "crazy" ant - that many describe as being worse - has arrived and is displacing fire ants in several places. (Source: Li... [Full Article]
By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday to bring Africa's No. 1 economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up ... [Full Article]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Robbers equipped with ropes, hammers and chisels broke into a strong-room at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium after a Justin Bieber concert and made off with 3 million rand ($330,000) in cash, local media and police sa... [Full Article]
By Narae Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - When romantic actress Lee Si-young swapped her glamorous roles in South Korean dramas for boxing gloves in a bid to win an Olympic medal, her victories triggered a storm of protest that has marred her unexpected success... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - An activist group says government forces have pushed into a strategic town south of Damascus on the highway leading to the border with Jordan. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An official with the U.S.-led international military coalition says the five troops killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan were all Americans. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents ambushed an Afghan government peace negotiator on Wednesday, killing him and two bodyguards as they headed to a meeting in the south to discuss plans for local troops to take over responsibility from the U.S-led c... [Full Article]