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A car bomber who penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone this week was targeting the Iraqi prime minister, authorities said Saturday.

Egyptians eagerly awaited results in the first election since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, a vote that could catapult Islamists into powerful roles in government.

U.S. officials said American forces checked first with their Pakistani counterparts before launching a controversial, fatal airstrike last weekend — though such claims have not resonated among authorities in Islamabad, who officially shut down NATO mo…

The U.N. Human Rights Council decried a wide range of human rights violations Friday in Syria and called for U.N. bodies to take “appropriate action.”

A Hong Kong judge ordered a wealthy real estate mogul to pay his former wife $154 million in one of the city's largest divorce settlements.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel highlighted Friday the need for fiscal union to resolve the debt crisis that threatens Europe's single currency, the euro, and the global economy.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed economic sanctions against Iran on Thursday, a move that the Obama administration cautioned against.

They're the biggest, the boldest, the busiest — each of these bridges accomplishes a feat so fantastic our ancestors wouldn't have believed it possible.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden paid tribute to the sacrifices of U.S. and Iraqi troops Thursday at a ceremony for service members from both nations.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continued her visit in Myanmar by resuming a meeting with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday.