Day: June 13, 2011

There was an explosion in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad Monday, police official Zahid Hussain told CNN.

Turkish voters head to the polls in a parliamentary election, with polls suggesting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party will likely once again win a majority of seats in parliament.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II announced sweeping reforms in a nationally televised address Sunday, promising to establish a parliamentary majority government — a key demand of protesters calling for changes to the regime.

Rebels in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata released a document they claim is a battle plan confiscated from forces loyal to longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

A new post on the “A Gay Girl in Damascus” blog that has been reported to belong to a Syrian-American woman claimed Sunday that her dramatic story is, in fact, a hoax.

Ash clouds from a Chilean volcano prompted numerous flight cancellations in Australia and New Zealand on Sunday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.