Turkey's defiant Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told supporters his patience "has a limit" as police fired tear gas and jets of water at demonstrators in unrelenting protests against his government's decade-long rule. More »Turkey PM patience 'has limit' as protest violence flares
A 29-year-old government contractor revealed himself as the source who leaked details of a vast, secret US program to monitor Internet users, as the US spy chief pressed for a criminal probe. More »Source of US intel leak outs self despite probe threat
Australia has called off a major air-and-sea search for survivors from a boat carrying at least 55 asylum-seekers which disappeared suddenly off a remote Indian Ocean territory. More »Australia ends sea search for asylum-seekers
Walter Jens, one of Germany's most prominent public intellectuals whose image was tarnished by his membership of the Nazi party during World War II, has died aged 90, his university said Monday. More »German 'moral authority' Walter Jens dead at 90
Taliban insurgents on Monday launched a grenade and gun attack on Kabul airport, firing on military buildings before being overwhelmed in an operation hailed as a victory for Afghan security forces. More »Seven Taliban dead in Kabul airport attack
North and South Korea agreed early Monday after marathon talks to hold a government-level meeting in Seoul with the aim of rebuilding trust following months of tensions and threats of nuclear war. More »Rival Koreas agree Seoul meeting after marathon talks
Libya's army chief resigned Sunday, a day after clashes killed 31 people in Benghazi, the country's highest political authority said, announcing plans to integrate ex-rebels into the security forces by end of 2013. More »Libyan army chief quits as Benghazi buries its dead
A young Lebanese Shiite man demonstrating against Hezbollah's participation in Syria's war was shot and fatally wounded Sunday, in the first such incident in Beirut, a security official told AFP. More »Anti-Hezbollah protester shot dead in Beirut
A group of elderly Germans resting in a school sports hall turned disaster evacuation centre are trying to kill time and wait out the worst flood to ever hit their city. More »Agonising wait for German elderly flood evacuees
Sudan on Sunday put on hold nine security and economic pacts with South Sudan, including on vital oil shipments, but said Khartoum remained committed to good relations if Juba ended support for rebels. More »Sudan freezes oil and security deals with South
Jordan on Sunday announced the start of military exercises involving more than 8,000 soldiers and observers from 19 different countries, but insisted the manoeuvres were unrelated to the conflict in neighbouring Syria. More »Major military exercises under way in Jordan
Turkey's defiant Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday told supporters his patience "has a limit" as he went on the offensive against mass protests to his Islamic-rooted government's decade-long rule. More »Turkey PM warns patience 'has limit' as protests flare
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded that all detainees being held by British forces in the restive south be handed over within two weeks, saying that holding prisoners any longer would be a violation of sovereignty. More »Karzai orders Britain to hand over detainees
A Chinese court sentenced the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on charges of fraud, his lawyer said. More »Liu Xiaobo relative gets 11 years in jail
A gunman who killed four people in a shooting and carjacking rampage in California before being shot by police, was carrying "a bag full" of ammunition as well as a handgun and a semiautomatic rifle, officials said at a press conference. More »US rampage gunman had 'bag full' of ammunition
Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the streets of Turkish cities in defiance of a call from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for them to end their civil uprising. More »Tens of thousands defy Turkey PM with fresh protests
The United States' top intelligence official angrily defended his government's secret monitoring of Internet users, insisting the vast operation is both legal and vital to national security. More »US defends Internet data sweep
Iraq's premier led a landmark cabinet meeting in the country's Kurdish region on Sunday to defuse tensions linked to a multitude of disputes that diplomats warn are among its biggest threats to stability. More »Iraq cabinet meets in Kurdistan to defuse tensions
Syria's opposition reiterated on Saturday a refusal to join in peace talks, as rebels reeled from losing a strategic town and their wounded and refugees straggled into next-door Lebanon. More »Syria opposition again rejects talks as refugees flee
Leftist FARC guerrillas said President Juan Manuel Santos had "deflated" peace prospects in Colombia by antagonizing Venezuela, warning Saturday that talks to end the conflict were now in limbo. More »FARC warns Colombia peace 'deflated' by Venezuela spat
Nelson Mandela was in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital on Saturday night with a renewed lung infection that has triggered worldwide concern for the South African hero. More »Mandela 'serious but stable' as back in hospital
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Saturday ordered the "dissolution" of a far-right group allegedly linked to the death of a left-wing student in a Paris street brawl. More »France to ban far-right group after death of left-wing student
Thousands of people gathered in London's Hyde Park on Saturday to demand action on ending world hunger as Prime Minister David Cameron hosted talks on malnutrition ahead of the G8 summit. More »London hosts mass hunger rally, talks ahead of G8
Flood waters rose in eastern Germany Saturday, forcing the evacuation of homes and a hospital, as Hungary propped up its defences against central Europe's worst floods in a decade. More »Germany battles floods as Hungary readies for deluge
Malian authorities and armed ethnic Tuareg rebels began talks on Saturday aimed at resolving the conflict in the north to enable planned nationwide elections to go ahead next month. More »Mali holds crisis talks with Tuareg rebels