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Myanmar's military rulers have commuted sentences and apparently released prisoners, but opposition activists said the moves were unsatisfactory.

The Afghan Taliban are prepared to open an "office outside the country for talks with foreigners," a purported spokesman for the movement said in a statement.

A collection of rare ancient Greek coins which has been hidden away for two decades is expected to sell for millions of dollars when it goes up for auction in New York on Wednesday.

Syrian officials and opposition activists blamed each other for an attack on a gas pipeline near the restive city of Homs Tuesday.

French presidential candidate Francois Hollande opened the new year with a shot across the bow of rival President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday. In an open letter published in French newspaper Liberation, Hollande accuses Sarkozy — who is seeking re-electio…

Actress Salma Hayek has been named a knight of the Legion of Honour in France, according to an official government publication.

Actress Salma Hayek has been named a knight of the Legion of Honour in France, according to an official government publication.

Israeli and Palestinian representatives are expected to meet in Jordan on Tuesday in an effort to relaunch negotiations between the two sides after more than a year of deadlock, Jordanian state media reported.

Egypt opens the third round of voting for the lower house of Parliament on Tuesday after Islamist parties performed strongly in the previous rounds last month.

Tunisian ex-President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, who was ousted in the first uprising of last year's Arab Spring, faces a military tribunal Tuesday for his alleged role in the death of protesters in January 2011.