A statue of Jesus Christ is left smashed on the floor at the church that was attacked by Muslim hardliners in Temanggung, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners stormed

Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters hang a horse’s saddle as a war trophy which was seized during violence earlier in the week when pro-Mubarak combatants, some on horses and camels, hurled concrete, metal b

Perth, February 6 (AFP): Wildfires threatened homes and new flooding forced evacuations in embattled Australia, as officials warned that last week's monster cyclone would compound economic woes.Hot and gusty co

TEHRAN, February 6 (AP): An Iranian court began closed-door proceedings Sunday in the espionage trial of three Americans — two still in custody and one freed on bail — whose detention has been the s

KATHMANDU, February 6 (Agencies): Though a seven-month-old political vacuum ended on Sunday with Nepal's new Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal taking oath of office and secrecy, the swearing-in was marred by disp

BANGKOK, February 6 (Reuters): Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged fire on a disputed stretch of their border on Sunday, witnesses said, the third flare-up in three days in an ancient feud over territory surr

ISLAMABAD, February 6 (PTI): A US legal firm representing the Bhutto-Zardari family has threatened to file a lawsuit seeking over $100 million in damages if Pakistan's Jang media group does not apologise for a

Cairo, February 5 (NYT): President Hosni Mubarak appeared increasingly isolated on Saturday, with protests entering their 12th day and the Obama administration and some members of the Egyptian military and civi

SANTA BARBARA, California, February 5 (Reuters): Republican Sarah Palin said on Friday an explosion of government spending and debt under President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats had put the United State

VATICAN CITY, February 5 (AP): Pope Benedict XVI insisted Saturday on his exclusive right to ordain bishops as he consecrated a Chinese prelate in an implicit challenge to attempts by China's official church to

Islamabad, February 5 (ANI): The Taliban’s “master recruiter” has boasted of his expertise at swaying people to terror, saying he can turn a young man into a suicide bomber in just half-an-hou

TULLY HEADS, Australia, February 5 (AP): The cyclone that tore through Australia's northeast this week brought fresh misery to people in the south on Saturday, causing flash flooding in the second-largest city

Melbourne, February 2 (PTI): Hounded worldwide, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been honoured back home by Sydney Peace foundation with a gold medal for showing "exceptional courage" and initiati

WASHINGTON, February 2 (Reuters): Researchers have found a compound that tumors make when they are likely to spread, and said they hope to use to it predict which patients are most at risk of dying from their c

Thousands of Egyptians wave Egyptians flags and posters supporting President Mubarak during a march in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday, February 2. (AP Photo) CAIRO, February 2 (AP): The Egyptian military called

Cairns, February 2 (Reuters): Thousands of people fled their homes and crammed into shelters in northeastern Australia on Wednesday as the most powerful cyclone in the country's history barreled toward a string

People gather in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Security officials say authorities have shut down all roads and public transportation to Cairo, where tens of thousands of

SAO PAULO (AP) - Severe floods triggered by torrential downpours have killed at least six people in southern Brazil and driven thousands from their homes. The Civil Defense department in Santa Catarina s

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Police have arrested a 17-year old Pakistani boy for writing an allegedly blasphemous remark in an examination paper, an officer said Tuesday. Pakistan's blasphemy laws have come

WASHINGTON (AP) - Six Senate Democrats are rejecting a deficit-driven proposal by a new Republican senator to cut U.S. aid to Israel. In a letter Tuesday to the top House Republicans on the Appropriations an