GENEVA (AP) - The Syrian civil war contributed to push the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday. (Source: A... [Full Article]
MOSCOW (AP) - Vladimir Putin pulled off one of his most audacious pieces of stagecraft, attending a ballet with his rarely seen wife, then emerging smiling and announcing their marriage is over. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Keith Olbermann is getting back into broadcasting to host TBS's postseason baseball studio show, staying away from politics for the moment. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hall of Fame football great David "Deacon" Jones, considered one of the best defensive players the game has seen and an innovator at his position, has died at the age of 74, his former team the Washin... [Full Article]
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Critic-in-chief of the government's strategy to revive the weak British economy, on the face of it Ed Balls looks like he may be winning the argument ahead of elections due in 2015. His opposition Labour party... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's state TV says overseers of next month's presidential election have rejected a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's election process slipped into a tense holding pattern Tuesday amid speculation that candidates blocked from the ballot include a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hop... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian news websites have boosted speculation that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A hot air balloon collided with another balloon mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey and crashed to the ground on Monday, killing two Brazilian tourists and injuring 23 other people on board, o... [Full Article]
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Two hot air balloons collided mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey on Monday, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said. One Brazilian tourist was killed while 24 other people ... [Full Article]