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Iran has written to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the U.N. Security Council, accusing the U.S. Navy of violating its territory and engaging in “illegal acts” in the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf.

China has once again gotten under the skin of its neighbors -- this time with a few offending strokes on a map, printed on its revised passports, that show Beijing staking its claim on the entire South China Sea, Taiwan and regions of contention between India and China.

The top code breakers from GCHQ, Britain’s most elite secret intelligence service, failed to crack a coded World War II message found attached to the leg of a dead carrier pigeon, and they now seek the help of retired spies and the public.

An explosion caused by a natural gas leak in downtown Springfield, Mass., on Friday gutted two buildings, caused irreparable damage to three more buildings and injured 18 people.

Cairo's Tahrir Square was the epicenter of the successful Egyptian Revolution of 2011 that shook the country's old governmental structure to its very core.

Egypt has been a powder keg many times in the past five millennia, and it may have exploded again Friday.

Women may have been more adamant about using birth control during the Great Recession than they were previously, according to the U.S. CDC.

One day after the Egypt-brokered cease-fire, Gazans spilled into the streets to celebrate, as if they had actually won a war with Israel.

Mexico's name was originally designed to follow the example of the United States of America.

Simone Gbagbo is the first woman ever charged by the ICC.

Thanksgiving 2012 put smiles on the face of US troops in Afghanistan as they laid down their rifles to savor a fine spread of epicurean delights that brought fond memories of home and traditional Thanksgiving Day dishes to the fore.

In what is widely viewed as yet another sexist and repressive act, Saudi Arabia has introduced an electronic tracking system to monitor its female citizens’ cross-border movements.

Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon is once again trying to get his country to drop “United States” from its official name to make it just “Mexico.”

Despite his resignation after a sex scandal, many pundits believe former CIA director David Petraeus is still the best choice for CIA boss.

Civilian good samaritans are driving the recovery effort in some of the hardest-hit areas of New York City's Staten Island.

Twenty-six-year-old Sacha Dratwa and his team have fired off hundreds of tweets since the conflict between Israel and Gaza militants started.

The ‘American Dream’ is dead – or at best, suspended.

The M23 insurgency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could turn into another major war if international diplomats drag their feet.

Ajmal Kasab, one of the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai in India in November 2008, reportedly sought pardon in the name of God seconds before he was executed at Pune’s Yerawada Central Prison Wednesday.

The Syrian opposition claimed victory in capturing an army artillery base in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor Thursday even as the government warplanes pounded a building in Aleppo, damaging in the process one of the last remaining hospitals that stood nearby.

Internal emails among the U.S. military officers, released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Defense, indicated that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea followed traditional Islamic procedures.

Pakistan Taliban will attack Indian targets to avenge the execution of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving member of a militant squad that attacked multiple targets in Mumbai, the commercial capital of India, Nov. 26, 2008.

A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people Wednesday night at Shi'ite processions in Rawalpindi, where Pakistan's army is headquartered. The attack took place a day before the Muslim leaders, including the Iranian and Egyptian presidents, gather for a rare summit in the capital city of Islamabad.

Ambassador Susan Rice spoke out for the first time Wednesday to defend her early account of the Benghazi attack, saying she based it on the initial intelligence assessments.

Hillary Clinton appeared to fall asleep during President Obama's speech prompting responses from the public.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fell asleep during Obama's historic speech in Myanmar.

A general strike paralyzed Argentina’s capital of Buenos Aires, bringing public transportation to a halt while shutting down airlines and ports Wednesday.

Joe Fontana, the mayor of London, Ontario, Canada, was charged Wednesday with fraud by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Ahmadinejad’s term expires next August, however Khamenei exercises ultimate authority in Iran.