Kerry plods on upstream to re-start Mideast peace talks

Top U.S. diplomat to meet President Abbas after Palestinian demand that Israel agree to future borders as precondition for direct talks

• Jul 19, 2013

Russia frees opposition leader for appeal

Alexei Navalny -- jailed just a day earlier for embezzlement -- freed to run in Moscow mayoral race, but can't leave city pending appeal

• Jul 19, 2013

Obama considers canceling talks with Putin in Moscow

The move could further aggravate the already tense relationship between the two leaders

• Jul 18, 2013

6 Colombians charged in killing of DEA agent

The indictment alleges that DEA agent Terry Watson was slain at the hands of an organized group of robbers who operated taxi cabs in Bogota, Colombia

• Jul 18, 2013

U.S. military prepares for potential chemical weapons in Syria

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division engage in an exercise designed in part to prepare for the worst in Syria

• Jul 18, 2013

Egypt's interim leader vows to protect country from chaos

Adly Mansour gives his first address to the nation after widespread protests and military takeover kicked out President Mohamed Morsi

• Jul 18, 2013

Russian opposition leader sentenced to 5 years

Police surround square where protesters expected to gather following conviction of prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny

• Jul 18, 2013

Vat of pesticide found in India school cooking area

As death toll rises to 23, authorities search for school's principal, who fled when children began falling ill

• Jul 18, 2013

U.K. investigators: Disable locator beacon on 787s

After plane fire at Heathrow Airport, FAA also urged to conduct safety review of emergency locator transmitters in other aircrafts

• Jul 18, 2013

U.S. considering use of military force in Syria

Gen. Martin Dempsey tells a Senate panel that gov't agencies are mulling it over but ultimately it's up to Obama and Congress to decide

• Jul 18, 2013

Happy 95th Nelson Mandela

South Africans celebrate the birthday of their beloved former president

• Jul 18, 2013
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Nelson Mandela turns 95 on 41st day in hospital

Government, ailing statesman's daughter give S. Africans reason to hope he may soon leave hospital

• Jul 18, 2013

Eiffel Tower in China? Why the East replicates the West

Carbon copies of entire Western cities are popping up all over China and now the fad is reportedly spreading to North Korea

• Jul 18, 2013

France learns to speak 'touriste'

After years of casually riding a reputation for monuments and world-class food, the French are starting to talk about tourism as an economic benefit

• Jul 18, 2013

U.N.: Syria war will create generation full of hate

Envoy warns that war is forcing an entire generation of children to grow up illiterate and spiteful

• Jul 18, 2013

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