Daniel Tovrov

As rebels attack more high profile targets in Damascus, Assad concedes that Syria was in a state of war for the first time in 16 months.

In Riga on Thursday, Hillary Clinton urged Latvia to return several hundred previously seized properties -- including schools, synagogues and communal buildings -- to Jewish organizations ?quickly and fairly.?

However, the court let stand 10 other charges against Karadzic, including one count of genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which 8,000 Muslim men and boys were executed.

Nigeria is one of the world's top oil producers, but the industry is controlled by the state and corruption at both the local and national level have halted most economic and social development.

Syria's state news agency called the attack the worst massacre against journalism and the freedom of media and blamed armed terrorists for the assault.

Three of Africa's most notorious Islamic militant groups are joining forces, some American officials fear.

Russia said that Syria shooting down a Turkish F4 Phantom jet is not a provocation of war.

Intense fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels reportedly broke out in Damascus on Tuesday.

According to the Economic and Social Research Institute's latest Perinatal Statistics Report, Ireland's birth rate increased nearly 30 percent over the past ten years, equating to about 17,000 more births in 2010 than ten years prior.

Three federal officers were shot to death in the food-court of Terminal 2 of Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport on Monday.

Morsi inherits an Egypt that has become crestfallen since the revolution as the democratic process stalled and the military seized control. His first tasks will be rebuilding the economy, increasing security and fostering social unity so that this great and patient people could reap the fruits of its sacrifices.

The two countries have been at odds since early into the 16 month-old crisis in Syria, but now Turkey is ready to punish Syria for attacking two of its planes.

Syrian forces fired on a second Turkish plane on Monday, according to Turkey's deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc.

These unnamed new tactics could include a dialog between the government and Boko Haram, however on Sunday Jonathan again said that he would not talk to the insurgents unless they came forward with a list of specific demands

Russia has been widely criticized for its friendly relations with both nations, but Putin is hoping to raise his status in the region.

Part of Morsi's platform will be the institution of some form of sharia law as he promised during his campaign.

Russia also has a vested interest in maintaining its decades-old relationship with Syria, which is in large part built on weapons and defense contracts.

Jordan has agreed to shelter the pilot, identified as Col. Hassan Hammadeh, while the Syrian government has called him a fugitive from the service, a traitor to his country and to his military honor.

Prosecutors asked an Oslo court on Thursday to declare Norwegian mass murder Anders Behring Breivik insane.

Authorities fear that as many as 75 people have drowned, while some 40 people are currently clinging to the upturned hull of the ship as they wait for rescuers.

Uganda has banned 38 nongovernmental organizations for promoting homosexuality and recruiting children.

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces delayed declaring a winner in last weekend's presidential elections.

The helicopter-laden Russian ship headed for Syria reportedly changed course Wednesday, turning around in the North Sea near Scotland and returning to its home port on the Baltic.

The Syrian government and rebels have agreed to a temporary truce in the city of Homs in order to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to evacuate civilians from the city.

Although confusion still abounds, one of Hosni Mubarak's lawyers said on Wednesday that the former Egyptian president is in a stable condition.

British officials will boycott the nation's Euro 2012 quarter-final against Italy in Kiev on Sunday because of concerns over human rights in Ukraine, in particular the continued imprisonment of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Pope Benedict XVI has condemned the ongoing religious violence in northern Nigeria, and pleaded with both Christians and Muslims to stop the killings.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is reportedly regaining consciousness after early claims on Wednesday morning that he had slipped into a coma, or perhaps even died.

The State Department on Tuesday warned Iranian exile group Mujahideen-e Khalq, or MEK, to comply with its relocation from Iraq's Camp Ashraf to Camp Hurriya if it hopes to be removed from the United States' list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.