Lawyer: Egypt court has ordered Mubarak's release
Long-time dictator's attorney says court has ruled that he can no longer be held pending trials, and he could be free within 24 hours
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U.S., China hold rare joint naval drills
Ships from both nations take part in search-and-rescue drills off Hawaii as Beijing ramps up military diplomacy
Japan may upgrade nuke plant leak to "serious incident"
One by one, storage tanks for water used to cool crippled reactors spring leaks, compounding crisis 2 years post-tsunami
Japanese fishermen face new setback with latest Fukushima leak
For more than a year after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, fishermen weren't allowed to fish at all; new nuclear plant leaks have dealt them another blow
Humanity in ecological deficit for rest of 2013, group says
According to a green think tank, Earth's ecological budget for the year maxed out - and it's only August
Clock ticking for Obama to decide on Egypt aid
The president has until Sept. 30 to determine whether to release the remainder of $1.5 billion in U.S. aid to Egypt
2 years after calling on Assad to leave, U.S. fears being realized in Syria
American reluctance to directly intervene in Syria's civil war may have created a vacuum that forces intervention against al Qaeda
Kurds battling Islamists in Syria fuels exodus to Iraq
Heavy clashes in northeast between al Qaeda-linked anti-Assad fighters and Kurdish militas fuels mass exodus of civilians into Iraq, and could become a war within a war
Pakistan's Musharraf indicted in Benazir Bhutto murder
Pervez Musharraf, who was also army chief, pleads not guilty to charges stemming from 2007 attack on nation's iconic former PM
Egyptian forces arrest Muslim Brotherhood leader
Islamist group dealt serious blow with arrest of supreme leader Mohammed Badie as numbers dwindle at pro-Morsi protests
N. Korea's criticism of U.S. war games unusually mild
Instead of lashing out at U.S.-South Korean military drills with war rhetoric, North warns of threat to "atmosphere for dialogue"
Officials: Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leader detained
Egyptian security officials and state television say Mohammed Badie has been detained
Guardian chief: UK had newspaper disks destroyed
Alan Rusbridger said a number of the paper's hard drives were destroyed by British eavesdropping agency to keep NSA leaks safe from Chinese spies
1,300-pound Saudi man airlifted to hospital
Saudi King sends aircraft to evacuate 20-year-old patient from bedroom he hasn't left in two and a half years
Not your typical British royal parents
Since the birth of their son George, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have tried to convey that they're a different kind of royal family
Trump calls off plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution
Feds probing suspicious letters to election officials, lawmakers
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Strait of Hormuz still unsafe for ships, maritime group warns
Chats from Nolan Wells' phone show what friends said when he vanished
White House prepares plans to use "mother of all bombs" on Iran
Trump invokes executive privilege in Kennedy Center legal fight
White House's Katie Zacharia confirms she never passed bar exam
Justice Department sues California over noncitizens getting ballots
