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Shweyga Mullah, a nanny horribly burned by a member of the Gadhafi family, is recovering well in Malta.

Three American college students arrested Monday on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails during a protest in Cairo were released Thursday, an official told CNN.

Actress Sienna Miller said Thursday it was "terrifying" to be hounded by press photographers as she testified about British press ethics and practices at a government-backed inquiry.

An eighth-grade girl was awarded Pakistan's first National Peace Prize Thursday for her online diary reporting on the Taliban's ban on education for girls.

At least five people were killed in Yemen when pro-government gunmen shot at anti-government protesters in the capital, medics in Sanaa's Change Square told CNN Thursday.

All international flights to and from Portugal were canceled Thursday as a general strike over austerity measures caused chaos for the country's transport network.

Clashes broke out between demonstrators and security forces in a village in northern Bahrain Thursday.

An American diplomat visited Wednesday with three American study-abroad students detained in Egypt, several hours after authorities questioned them again, according to a spokeswoman for American University in Cairo.

Afghan prosecutors announced Wednesday that a young rape victim, jailed for adultery after reporting the crime and pushed into marrying her attacker, would have her sentence reduced from twelve to three years. The prosecutor said she would, for now, re…

Afghan prosecutors announced Wednesday that a young rape victim, jailed for adultery after reporting the crime and pushed into marrying her attacker, would have her sentence reduced from twelve to three years. The prosecutor said she would, for now, re…