Israel's defense minister says Israel should consider unilateral action if it can't reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.
Modified: 05/30/12 07:59:04 AMA senior Iranian military official says Iran's oil industry was briefly affected by a powerful computer virus that has unprecedented data-snatching capabilities and can eavesdrop on computer users.
Modified: 05/30/12 07:49:38 AM
Pope Benedict XVI broke his silence Wednesday over the scandal of leaked documents that has convulsed the Vatican, saying he was saddened by the betrayal but grateful to those aides who work faithfully and in silence to help him do his job.
Modified: 05/30/12 07:44:05 AM
Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz says he got married last week to long-time girlfriend Raquel Perera, and that they held a party at his farm over the weekend to celebrate with friends and baptize their 11-month-old son.
Modified: 05/30/12 06:49:14 AM
Britain's Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to prosecution in a Scandinavian court.
Modified: 05/30/12 07:34:01 AM
In a major upset, longtime U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes has lost the race for the Democratic nomination to retain his congressional seat in far West Texas.
Modified: 05/30/12 02:24:06 AM
Kicking off her first trip abroad in nearly a quarter-century, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offered encouragement Wednesday to impoverished migrants whose flight to neighboring Thailand is emblematic of the devastation wrought on her homeland by decades of misrule.
Modified: 05/30/12 04:34:04 AM
A court sentenced a Thai webmaster Wednesday to an eight-month suspended sentence for not moving quickly enough to delete online comments deemed insulting to the country's royalty in a case widely seen as a test of freedom of expression in Thailand.
Modified: 05/30/12 07:49:37 AM
The former top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron was detained Wednesday on suspicion of perjury in the trial of a flamboyant ex-Scottish lawmaker - the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers.
Modified: 05/30/12 07:59:06 AMPolice say the ex-top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron has been arrested on suspicion of perjury - the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers.
Modified: 05/30/12 05:24:09 AMThe U.N.'s top human rights body will hold a special session Friday on last week's massacre of more than 100 Syrian villagers, officials said.
Modified: 05/30/12 06:19:02 AMLatest national news More
Pentagon prosecutors argued in a motion Thursday against splitting up the joint death-penalty prosecution at Guantánamo of the five men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks.
Modified: 05/30/12 07:59:06 AMLatest world news More
Israel's defense minister says Israel should consider unilateral action if it can't reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.
Modified: 05/30/12 07:59:04 AMContact the Nation/World desk
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