Daniel Tovrov

French police arrested 10 more suspected Islamic radicals during pre-dawn raids across the country on Wednesday, marking the second such day of mass arrests in less than a week.

Apr 04, 2012

The Syrian government began withdrawing troops from some cities on Tuesday, the first sign after more than a year of violence that President Bashar al-Assad is taking a peace plan seriously.

Apr 03, 2012

A female Russian spy was close to seducing a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet in 2010, the FBI's assistant director for counterintelligence, Frank Figliuzzi, told the BBC in a recent interview. But that spy wasn't flame-haired media darling Anna Chapman, a bureau spokesman told ABC News.

Apr 03, 2012

The International Committee of the Red Cross President Jakob Kellenberger met with Syrian government ministers in Damascus on Tuesday to demand access to the wounded, displaced and hungry civilians.

Apr 03, 2012

Sunday's historic elections in Myanmar and the planned North Korean missile launch dominated the agenda at the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, summit in Cambodia on Tuesday.

Apr 03, 2012

Tribal fighting has broken out in post-civil war Libya while militias do battle for territory in Tripoli. Is the government strong enough to respond?

Apr 02, 2012

Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram has established bomb-making factories in the southern state of Kogi, a sign that the group is spreading around the country and could be gaining strength.

Apr 02, 2012

Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi and the opposition National League for Democracy declared victory after Sunday's by-elections. Speaking to thousands of supporters from party headquarters in Yangon, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate hailed the success as the beginning of a new era for politics in Burma.

Apr 02, 2012

U.S. President Barack Obama is moving ahead with sanctions against Iran's oil industry, in the hope that increased economic pressure will push Tehran into abandoning its nascent nuclear program.

Mar 30, 2012

A new account of Osama bin Laden's life on the run after the September 11, 2001 attacks reveals that the al Qaeda leader spent nine years moving through a series of safe-houses in Pakistan, not hiding in the mountains on the Pakistan-Afghan border as previously believed.

Mar 30, 2012

Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi criticized the national elections in which she is taking part, saying on Friday that widespread irregularities went beyond what is acceptable for democratic elections.

Mar 30, 2012

Some 18 people were killed during a fire and riot in a Honduras prison on Thursday. The incident was the latest in a long string of similar incidents in Latin America, where overcrowded prisons sometimes lead to tragedy.

Mar 30, 2012

Kofi Annan demanded that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad order his troops to ceasefire immediately.

Mar 30, 2012

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday that arming anyone in Syria could lead to a proxy war. Maliki made his comments during a speech at an Arab League summit in Baghdad, adding that diplomacy and a serious national dialogue are the only ways to stop the year-long violence in Syria.

Mar 29, 2012

A group of West African president's cancelled their visit to Mali mid-flight after hundreds of pro-junta supporters rushed the runway at Bamako's airport on Thursday.

Mar 29, 2012

An Iranian organization called the Mojahedin-e-Khalq, or MEK, considered a terrorist organization by the United States, is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to former American officials and politicians. But where is the money coming from?

Mar 29, 2012

Arab League foreign ministers met in Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria, where a year of violence that has resulted in more than 9,000 deaths.

Mar 29, 2012

Chinese official Wang Lijun reportedly tried to meet with British officials in the city of Chongqing before seeking asylum at the nearby U.S. embassy.

Mar 28, 2012

A number of international powers rushed to warn Sudan that recent military clashes near the border with South Sudan are propelling the nations toward war yet again.

Mar 28, 2012

After months of international tensions, long-stalled nuclear talks between Iran and foreign leaders will resume on April 13.

Mar 28, 2012

Imprisoned Palestinian political and military leader Marwan Barghouti called on his countrymen to launch a resistance against Israel on Tuesday.

Mar 27, 2012

Russia's president criticized the Republican presidential candidate for expressing views that smacked of Hollywood stereotypes about relations between the former rivals.

Mar 27, 2012

Undeterred by a federal investigation into his peers, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has shown unwavering support for an Iranian dissident group called the People's Mujahedin of Iran, also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK.

Mar 27, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's reputation was further damaged on Monday, this time by aggravated pimping charges handed out by a French court.

Mar 27, 2012

Germany's Pirate Party won four seats in the Saarland state parliament on Monday. The new party took an impressive 7.4 percent despite only having three months to prepare for the snap elections.

Mar 26, 2012

Israel severed ties Monday with the United Nations Human Rights Council after it voted to initiate an investigation into human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Mar 26, 2012

The Nobel Peace laureate, who is running for parliament, will spend at least four days at home, her National League for Democracy party said. Suu Kyi fell ill while campaigning Sunday.

Mar 26, 2012

Turkey closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday, as the country stepped closer to suspending diplomatic ties with President Bashar al-Assad. Meanwhile, the Syrian military has cracked down on dissidents trying to cross the Syria-Turkey border.

Mar 26, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba on Monday. The three-day trip marks the second time that the head of the Catholic Church has visited the island nation since the Communist Revolution of 1959.

Mar 26, 2012