Hurricane Sandy blows U.S. election off course

Oct. 29 | Hurricane Sandy blew the U.S. presidential race off course on Sunday even before it came ashore, forcing Republican Mitt Romney to shift his campaign inland...

Philippines signs deal with Muslim rebels, but peace not yet assured

Oct. 16 | The Philippines and its largest Muslim rebel group signed a peace deal on Monday that serves as a roadmap to forming a new autonomous region in the south,...

Suspense mounts ahead of Nobel Prize announcements

Oct. 8 | This year’s Nobel prize season kicks off Monday with rumours suggesting the peace prize could go to Egypt’s Maggie Gobran for helping Cairo’s...

Protest, scuffles in Iran over currency crisis

Oct. 4 | Scuffles broke out in central Tehran in the first sign of unrest over Iran’s plunging currency, which has lost more than half its value since last...

Libya’s congress gives new PM ultimatum to name government

Sep. 27 | Libya’s ruling congress on Wednesday said it threatened to dismiss the new prime minister if he fails to name his new Cabinet by October 8. A spokesman...

Insults to Islam ignite violence in Pakistan, 15 killed

Sep. 22 | Muslim protests against insults to the Prophet Mohammad turned violent in Pakistan, where at least 15 people were killed on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer,...

Ten killed in Mexico gas facility fire: Pemex

Sep. 19 | At least 10 people died when a fire erupted at a gas facility owned by Mexican energy giant Pemex near the US border on Tuesday, the state-run energy company...

Anti-Japan protests reignite across China on invasion anniversary

Sep. 18 | Major Japanese brandname firms announced factory shutdowns in China on Monday and urged expatriates to stay indoors ahead of what could be more angry protests...

Libyan leader says 50 arrested in U.S. consulate attack

Sep. 17 | Libyan leader Mohammed Magarief said on Sunday that about 50 people have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi...

Pakistan factory fires kill 125 workers

Sep. 12 | Fires swept through two factories in Pakistan, one in the city of Karachi and the other in Lahore, killing at least 125 people, police and government officials...

Japan’s PM Noda likely to keep party leadership

Sep. 10 | Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda looked very likely on Monday to hang on to one of the worst jobs around – leading the demoralized ruling...

Egypt’s first veiled news anchor appears on state TV

Sep. 3 | A veiled anchorwoman read the news on Egypt’s state television for the first time on Sunday, reflecting a shift in official media since the overthrow...

Six found alive from missing Indonesia asylum boat

Aug. 30 | Six people were plucked alive from the water by a cargo ship Thursday after an asylum-seeker boat went missing off the Indonesian coast, but there was...

17 beheaded in bloody day across Afghanistan

Aug. 27 | Seventeen civilians were beheaded, 10 Afghan soldiers killed and two NATO troops shot dead in a new insider attack in a bloody few hours across Afghanistan,...