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Rocket alarms pierced the quiet at Camp Warrior, breaking the concentration of Army Maj. Frank Rosenblatt.

Rocket alarms pierced the quiet at Camp Warrior, breaking the concentration of Army Maj. Frank Rosenblatt.

The Syrian government has warned protesters in the city of Homs of a 72-hour deadline to stop demonstrations or face bombardment, an opposition leader says.

The head of the U.S. special forces has revealed a likely controversial plan to triple the number of armed Afghans paid by NATO to protect their villages under a plan once described as "a community watch with AK-47s".

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Saturday night, killing two people and startling residents as far away as Mexico City, state media reported.

At least 143 people were arrested in London following protests over elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, British authorities said.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for a probe into vote fraud allegations over recent parliamentary elections, according to a post on his Facebook page Sunday.

Israel's new ambassador to Egypt is due to report to his post in Cairo on Monday, three months after Israel pulled diplomatic staff out of the country in response to the storming of its embassy.

An agreement reached Sunday in South Africa will help tackle the challenges of climate change for years to come, the United Nations' chief said.

A Pakistani Taliban commander said a faction of the Taliban in Pakistan's tribal region is holding peace talks with the government.