No "Geneva II" Syria summit this month, reports suggest

Russian agency says already-delayed summit to negotiate peaceful end to Syria's civil war has suffered another setback

• Nov 5, 2013

Volcano forces thousands to flee in Sumatra

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung unleashes volcanic ash high into the sky

• Nov 5, 2013
• 23 photos

Iran's anti-U.S. venom masks hardliners' unease

With diplomacy snowballing and internal divisions growing, annual rally on anniversary of U.S. Embassy takeover draws a record crowd in Tehran

• Nov 5, 2013

Kerry to Europe: NSA will strike "balance" in spying

Top diplomat visits Poland in wake of European indignation over sweeping surveillance tactics, says U.S. working to "get it right"

• Nov 5, 2013

Hindus celebrate festival of light

Hindu devotees celebrate Diwali

• Nov 4, 2013
• 28 photos

Report: Iranian military commander killed in Syria

Military spokesman says Revolutionary Guard leader was killed by "terrorists," denies Parliamentarian's claim that "hundreds" of Iranian soldiers are deployed in Syria

• Nov 4, 2013

U.K. officers suspended after falsely accused man killed by vigilantes

Bijan Ebrahimi was led away from his Bristol home in handcuffs, wrongly accused of pedophilia; his neighbors later killed and burned him

• Nov 4, 2013

Russian nationalists rally "against tolerance" in Moscow

Nationalists accuse migrants of pushing up crime rate and taking their jobs; one banner reads: "Young People Against Tolerance"

• Nov 4, 2013

Huge cache of art looted by Nazis found in German apt.

Report: About 1,500 works by such artists as Picasso, Matisse and Chagall, seized during the Third Reich, are estimated to be worth more than $1B

• Nov 4, 2013

Ousted Egyptian leader's defiance forces trial delay

Judge adjourns trial of Muslim Brotherhood-backed Mohammed Morsi, 14 co-defendants, as they refuse to recognize his legitimacy

• Nov 4, 2013

London police lose track of Somali-born terror suspect

Police issue public appeal after man who was being tracked under stringent surveillance program escapes from mosque in woman's clothing

• Nov 4, 2013

Russian nationalists march in Moscow

Thousands participated in demonstration against Central Asian immigrants and other non-slavic Russians

• Nov 4, 2013
• 15 photos

Ritual rooster fights in Bali

Cockfighting is a religious ritual for Hindu community in Indonesia

• Nov 4, 2013
• 23 photos

Kenya charges 4 Somalis over Westgate Mall attack

Men charged with harboring fugitive, illegally registering as Kenyan to help attackers in siege that left 67 dead

• Nov 4, 2013

Rare solar eclipse

Unusual "hybrid" eclipse is the second and last solar eclipse of 2013

• Nov 4, 2013
• 19 photos

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