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Thai PM Calls Snap Election, Protesters Press On

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved parliament on Monday and called a snap election, but anti-government protest leaders pressed ahead with mass demonstrations seeking to install an unelected body to run the country. About 100,000 protesters marched through Bangkok, extending...

With Song And Sadness, South Africans Mourn Mandela

South Africans united in mourning for Nelson Mandela on Friday, but while some celebrated his remarkable life with dance and song, others fretted that the anti-apartheid hero's death would make the nation vulnerable again to racial and social tensions. As...

Yanukovich Going To Russia, Agency Says, As Ukraine Protesters Defy Police

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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was flying to Russia on Friday to meet Vladimir Putin, a news agency reported, seeking aid to shore up a creaking economy while protesters back home, opposed to his U-turn away from Europe, defied police. Quoting...

Hagel Reassures Gulf Allies U.S. Committed To Regional Security

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel toured an anti-mine warfare ship in the U.S. Fifth Fleet on Friday to underscore U.S. commitment to Middle East security despite policy differences over Iran and Syria that have angered Washington's longtime Gulf allies. His visit...

Nelson Mandela, Anti-Apartheid Icon And Father Of Modern South Africa, Dies

Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, has died, South African President Jacob Zuma announced late Thursday. Mandela was 95. "He is now resting. He is now...

Nelson Mandela Is Dead, Says President Zuma

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 05, (THEWILL) –  Former South African President Nelson Mandela is dead, South African President, Mr. Jacob Zuma, told the press on Thursday night. Mr. Mandela was 95 years old.

Clashes Erupt As Militia Enter Central African Republic Capital

Gunfire echoed through the capital of Central African Republic on Thursday in the heaviest clashes there for months, hours before the U.N. was expected to authorize a French mission to curb escalating Muslim-Christian sectarian violence. Former rebels controlling Bangui said...

Suicide Bomber Attacks Yemen’s Defense Ministry: Source

At least 20 people were killed on Thursday in a car bomb and gun battle at the Yemeni defense ministry compound in the capital Sanaa, sources inside the complex said, in one of the most serious attacks in the...

China’s Airspace Zone Has Caused Apprehension: Biden

U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN (L) CHATS WITH CHINESE PREMIER LI KEQIANG DURING THEIR MEETING AT THE ZHONGNANHAI DIPLOMATIC COMPOUND IN BEIJING   China's new air defense identification zone over the East China Sea has caused "significant" unease in the region,...

Legal Group Faults Pakistan’s Top Judge As Inconsistent

Pakistan's flamboyant chief justice has strengthened human rights but his inconsistent choice of cases has left the Supreme Court vulnerable to accusations of partisan intervention, a global group of 60 eminent judges and lawyers said on Thursday. Chief Justice Iftikhar...