Syria sacks deputy prime minister who met U.S. officials

Qadri Jamil ousted for holding talks with U.S. officials in Geneva without permission, official government news agency says

• Oct 29, 2013

Jury sworn in for U.K. phone hacking case

Jury warned to ignore "inaccurate" reports about case against former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson

• Oct 29, 2013

Display of force in South Korea

Defense firms from around the world gather in Seoul for annual Aerospace and Defense Exhibition

• Oct 29, 2013
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Dutch museums identify likely Nazi-looted art

139 pieces of art that may have been looted during Nazi era have been found, including paintings from Matisse, Klee and Kadinsky

• Oct 29, 2013

Cracking down on monkey business

Indonesian authorities shut down street performers featuring captive monkeys

• Oct 29, 2013
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U.N. General Assembly votes against U.S. Cuba embargo, again

For 22nd straight year, General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to condemn U.S. economic and financial embargo against Cuba

• Oct 29, 2013

Surfer rescues friend before possibly setting record

Brazilian Carlos Burle may have a set a surfing world record on a 100-foot wave off the coast of Portugal

• Oct 29, 2013

Kenya arrests 2 soldiers over alleged mall looting

Official says two soldiers found with mobile phones, cameras and chargers that were stolen from Nairobi mall during last month's siege

• Oct 29, 2013

Iran: "New chapter of cooperation" in U.N. nuke talks

U.N. efforts to investigate suspicions that Iran has worked on nuclear arms appeared to gain traction; new round Nov. 11

• Oct 29, 2013

U.N.: 10 polio cases confirmed in Syria

First confirmed cases there in 14 years, as civil war cuts access to basic hygiene and vaccinations; U.N. warns of spread across NE Syria

• Oct 29, 2013

White coup plotters in South Africa get 5 to 35 years

Members of white extremist group sentenced for high treason, plotting to kill Nelson Mandela and other charges in one of country's biggest post-apartheid treason trials

• Oct 29, 2013

EU reps give U.S. officials an earful on surveillance

European officials seek answers on Capitol Hill, as German representative calls wiretapping of Chancellor Merkel's phone a criminal act

• Oct 28, 2013

Drones are now the world's weapon of choice, U.N. expert says

Author of special U.N. report on drone use avoids condemning them if they minimize civilian casualties over other weapons

• Oct 28, 2013

Brazilian surfer may have set new big wave record in Portugal

Video caught Carlos Burle riding a wave that may have been 100 feet in same spot American Garrett McNamara set the record in January

• Oct 28, 2013

U.S. drone strike kills two suspected al-Shabab militants in Somalia

A top explosives expert and another senior leader for al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia were killed, a militant and an U.S. official say

• Oct 28, 2013

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