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Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh left his country Sunday for a neighboring nation en route to the United States, an official said.

Italian crews resumed search-and-rescue efforts on the partly-sunken Costa Concordia on Sunday after halting overnight because the cruise liner was moving, authorities said.

The Afghan government of Hamid Karzai signaled willingness to join in with an American-led drive towards peace talks, according to a top official Sunday, removing a potential hurdle blocking U.S. efforts to push a peace process forward in the unstable …

Hosni Mubarak should be tried by a special tribunal because he is still president of Egypt and did not sign an official resignation, his lawyer said Sunday.

Gunmen attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint Sunday morning, leaving five people dead, authorities said.

Author Salman Rushdie now believes police lied to him about a threat to his life to keep him away from India's largest literary festival.

Somber relatives tossed flowers into the sea by the wreck of the doomed Italian cruise ship a week after the accident that left at least 11 people dead.

Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew in the northern city of Kano after assailants killed at least seven people and wounded many others in a hail of gunfire and coordinated bombings of eight government sites.

A plane carrying Madagascar's ousted leader Marc Ravalomanana was turned away from Madagascan airspace Saturday as he tried to return from exile, his spokesman and the airline said.

Arab League diplomats working to end violence across Syria prepared to discuss extending its monitoring mission this weekend.