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After a suicide bombing Friday and continued violence in anti-government bastions, the embattled Syrian regime vowed to confront its foes with an “iron fist.”

A Dallas teen mistakenly deported to Colombia after she ran away from home in 2010 will be handed over to U.S. diplomatic officials Friday, authorities said.

A Dallas teen mistakenly deported to Colombia after she ran away from home in 2010 will be handed over to U.S. diplomatic officials Friday, authorities said.

South Sudan appealed for international aid for a remote region under attack by roaming fighters, as thousands of residents fled into the bush to avoid the violence.

At least three explosions struck Friday near Baghdad's Green Zone, where a parade to mark Iraq's Army Day was taking place, according to witnesses.

The Europe Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton demanded Friday that Iran halt the pending executions of a woman sentenced to die by stoning and a Christian pastor convicted of apostasy.

The identity of a young woman whose remains were found on the estate of Queen Elizabeth II this week remains a mystery — and police appealed to the public Friday for help to name her.

Syria’s government has been holding jailed dissidents underground and paying pro-government gang members $100 a day to crack down on protesters as it tries to quell demonstrations, a former defense official says.

Syria’s government has been holding jailed dissidents underground and paying pro-government gang members $100 a day to crack down on protesters as it tries to quell demonstrations, a former defense official says.

It sits in the center of ancient Rome and is an emblem of the city's imperial history as well as an icon of Italy, but plans to renovate the Colosseum have sparked controversy.