BEIRUT (AP) - The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and government troops fought pitched battles in the streets around it, depriving the anci... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian state media and anti-government activists say the minaret of the famed Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo has been destroyed. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SYDNEY (AP) - Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday, as the death toll rose with more bodies found in wrecked homes and debris in the South Pacific island chain. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SYDNEY (AP) - Six bodies, including a child's, have been found in the sodden wreckage left by a tsunami that smashed into villages in the Solomon Islands, flattening dozens of homes in the South Pacific island chain. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Authorities have demolished a five-story home that stood incongruously in the middle of a new main road and had become the latest symbol of resistance by Chinese homeowners against officials accused of offering unfair compensation. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
Israel is a "cancerous tumour" that will soon be finished off, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday told demonstrators holding an annual protest against the existence of the Jewish state. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
The Taliban said they detonated a bomb on a fuel tanker Wednesday and then opened fire on other NATO supply trucks in a morning attack that destroyed 22 vehicles loaded with fuel and other goods for U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Source: ... [Full Article]
Israel demolished dozens of Palestinian homes, water cisterns and farm buildings built with European funds in 2011, and over 100 such structures are at risk, aid groups said in a report on Monday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - The partially destroyed Christchurch Cathedral is seen in central Christchurch during a media tour in this September 7, 2011 file photo. New Zealand's Anglican church is to demolish the 131-year-old cathedral in earthquake-devastated ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - The partially destroyed ChristChurch Cathedral is seen during a media tour in this September 7, 2011 file photo. New Zealand's Anglican church is to demolish the 131-year-old cathedral in earthquake-devastated Christchurch because it ... [Full Article]