Pakistan: 25-member Cabinet sworn in
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's new premier has unveiled a 25-member Cabinet that must tackle major economic and security challenges following a sweeping election win.
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UN seeks over $5B for Syria in biggest ever appeal
BERLIN -- The United Nations launched its biggest humanitarian appeal ever Friday to help millions of Syrians suffering the effects of a conflict that has dragged on for more than two...
Erdogan calls for end to Turkey protest
ISTANBUL -- Turkey's prime minister took a combative stance on his closely watched return to the country early Friday, telling supporters who thronged to greet him that the protests that have swept the country must come to an end.
Honduran police protest over suspension of 1,400
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- About a hundred police officers in Honduras are protesting over the suspension of 1,400 investigators this week while authorities conduct drug tests, polygraph questioning and other checks looking for organized crime ties.
Mexican army rescues 165 abductees at border
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican soldiers have rescued 165 people kidnapped by a drug cartel and held for as long as three weeks in a one-story home alongside the U.S. border.
UK's Prince Philip enters hospital for operation
LONDON -- Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II's husband has been admitted to a London hospital for an exploratory operation.
Italy expresses concern about China wine probe
MILAN -- Italian Premier Enrico Letta says he will follow China's decision to launch a trade investigation into European wine "with maximum attention" given the importance of the sector for the country's economy.
Brazilian billionaire's son convicted in death
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The son of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a cyclist, the Rio de Janeiro state judiciary said Thursday.
Heavy security in Tunisia to protect Erdogan
TUNIS, Tunisia-- As Turkey's leader visited Tunisia on Thursday, two small demonstrations took place in Tunis in support of the anti-government protests taking place in Turkey.
Floodwaters surge into Dresden, northern Germany
DRESDEN, Germany -- The surging Elbe River crested Thursday in the eastern German city of Dresden, sparing the historic city center but engulfing wide areas of the Saxony capital.
Officials: Car bombings kill 7 people in Baghdad
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi officials say two car bomb explosions in Baghdad have killed at least six people and wounded more than two dozen.
Afghan governor: Airstrike kills 3; NATO denies
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The governor of an eastern province in Afghanistan alleged on Thursday that an overnight NATO airstrike killed three civilians and wounded seven there, a claim the US-led coalition flatly denied.
German court grants gay unions marriage tax breaks
BERLIN -- Gay rights campaigners won a victory over the German government Thursday as the country's top court ruled that homosexual couples in civil unions should receive the same tax benefits as heterosexual married couples.
Glance: Key ECB measures to calm eurozone crisis
FRANKFURT, Germany -- The European Central Bank and its president, Mario Draghi, have played a key role in fighting the government debt crisis afflicting the 17 European Union member countries that use the euro.
Czech man punished for attack on president
PRAGUE -- A court in the Czech Republic has given a six-month suspended sentence to a man for shooting at the country's president with an air pistol that fires plastic pellets.
2 Tunisian soldiers killed by roadside bomb
TUNIS, Tunisia -- A roadside bomb killed two Tunisian soldiers Thursday while they were hunting al-Qaida-linked militants in a mountainous region near the Algerian border -- the first military deaths from enemy fire in a campaign that began in December.
Turkish leader slightly mellows his tone
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have moderated his rhetoric regarding the anti-government protests in his country.
Austria withdrawing UN Peacekeepers from Golan
VIENNA-- Austria announced on Thursday that it is withdrawing the country's 377 U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights after the Syrian conflict briefly spilled over to an area near their position.
Stocks drop as ECB's Draghi holds line
LONDON -- The failure of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to hint at any further easing in monetary policy weighed on stock markets Thursday but shored up the euro.
Army helicopter crash in Sudan kills 2 crew
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A Sudanese military spokesman says a military training helicopter has crashed in the country's south, killing its two crew members.
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