LONDON (AP) — The families of several British soldiers killed or injured in Iraq can sue the government for failing to protect them, the country's highest court ruled Wednesday.The cases have been brought by relatives of soldiers including Cpl. ...more
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's highest court says it has received an application from the president's party to delay crucial elections by at least two weeks.The move comes after regional leaders in southern Africa called for more time for po ...more
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey on Wednesday as police were questioning dozens of people rounded up in police raids.Although police ...more
BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama says lives have been saved by sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency.Obama says at least 50 threats have been averted because of phone records and Internet information the agency w ...more
SAO PAULO (AP) — Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services ...more
BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion at a military depot outside Syria's coastal city of Latakia left six people lightly injured on Wednesday, state television said.State TV said a "technical error" caused the explosion at a base used by the army corps of ...more
LONDON (AP) — Markets were fairly flat-footed ahead of a keenly awaited policy statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve.The central bank wraps up a two-day policy meeting later Wednesday and investors are looking to see if policymakers are moving ...more
MILAN (AP) — The former head of Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica , accused by prosecutors of making bribery part of the company culture, went on trial Wednesday for his alleged role in the payment of bribes to secure a crucial 560 milli ...more
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the ...more
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials said Wednesday.Somali police officer Ab ...more