| Investigation finds Lithuania had secret CIA jails The head of Lithuania's domestic intelligence agency has already resigned as speculation about secret jails has intensified. U.S. broadcaster ABC News reported in August that Lithuani ...[more] |
| International community has failed Gaza: aid groups The report argued that Israel was in violation of international humanitarian law by enforcing a "collective punishment" with an indiscriminate blockade on Gaza -- punishing all for the acts o ...[more] |
| Israel conveys response on prisoner swap to Hamas Officials familiar with the talks said Israel was intent on barring convicted killers from returning to homes in the occupied West Bank, which is close to Israeli cities, and that they might ...[more] |
| Russia says stalled Mideast talks need extra push Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov, who is President Dmitry Medvedev's envoy to the region, told a conference in Jordan that new efforts were needed to break the deadlock between Isra ...[more] |
| Nepal Maoists set a month's deadline to return to power The Maoists, who waged a decade-long civil war from 1996, headed a coalition government last year after their surprise win in national elections under a 2006 peace deal. But they quit ...[more] |
| Pakistan court orders brothers' noses, ears cut off The judge at an anti-terrorism court in the eastern city of Lahore handed down the sentences on Monday in line with the Islamic law of Qisas. The law was introduced in Pakistan during ...[more] |
| Mexico City allows gay marriage with landmark law The legislation goes further than a 2006 city law allowing civil unions by giving gay couples access to the same family social security benefits and joint loans as straight couples. I ...[more] |
| Israel calls off alert over possible India attacks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement it was cancelling the travel advisory, issued to Israeli citizens ahead of the Jewish new year holiday in September, "after the ...[more] |
| Suicide bomber kills 3 in key northwest Pakistan town Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province, has been hit by numerous bomb attacks since the army went on the offensive against Pakistani Taliban militants in their South Waziristan str ...[more] |
| Iran says Iraq border incident a "misunderstanding" The statement came two days after Iraqi officials said Iranian troops had withdrawn partially from a disputed oil area claimed by both Tehran and Baghdad, possibly defusing a border feud stra ...[more] |
| FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Dec 22 BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded two civilians in the Yarmouk district of central Baghdad, police said. KIRKUK - At least three policemen were wounded when a bomb targeting their pat ...[more] |