Activist Chen flying to New York for new life as student

Sat, 19 May 2012 08:03:03 EDT

Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest, flies to the U.S. to begin a new chapter in his life as a student.

Greek crisis to dominate G8 summit

Sat, 19 May 2012 06:25:57 EDT

Concerns about whether debt-laden Greece will be forced to pull out of the eurozone, and what that would mean for a weakened European economy is the first topic on Saturday's agenda at the Group of Eight summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, a senior administration official said.

Call for calm after Spanish downgrade

Fri, 18 May 2012 08:41:36 EDT

Spain's government calls for calm a day after rating agency Moody's downgraded 16 Spanish banks in the latest sign of distress in Europe.

Two girls killed in blast near Italy school

Sat, 19 May 2012 06:58:06 EDT

A blast outside a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi Saturday left one girl dead and injured several other students, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.

Commercial spacecraft launch aborted

Sat, 19 May 2012 07:39:34 EDT

The future is on hold, at least for a couple of days.

Olympic torch starts journey round UK

Sat, 19 May 2012 05:14:42 EDT

The Olympic torch began its 70-day, 8,000-mile journey around Britain Saturday from Land's End in Cornwall, with three-time Olympic gold medal winner Ben Ainslie the first to carry the torch.

'Car bomb' near Syrian military center

Sat, 19 May 2012 06:32:46 EDT

A car explosion rattled the city of Deir Ezzor on Saturday, opposition activists and the Syrian regime said.

Soldier to be tried in comrades' killings

Sat, 19 May 2012 03:54:34 EDT

A sergeant accused of killing five comrades at a combat stress clinic at a U.S. base in Iraq more than three years ago is mentally fit to stand trial on charges of premeditated murder, the Army said.

New protests flare up in Bahrain

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:50:06 EDT

Protesters in Bahrain marched through the streets Friday to criticize government plans to boost cooperation between the island state and Saudi Arabia.

Hollande: France will pull Afghan forces

Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:28 EDT

France's newly elected President Francois Hollande said Friday that he is sticking to his campaign pledge to remove his country's forces from Afghanistan by the end of the year.