YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's nearly 2-year-old reformist government has abolished a ban on public gatherings of more than five people that was ordered in 1988 on the day a military junta took power after crushing nationwide pro-democracy pro... [Full Article]
Bahrain imposed emergency-style rules Tuesday banning all protest gatherings and threating legal action against groups considered backing escalating demonstrations and clashes in the strategic Gulf kingdom. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Kuwait has banned public gatherings of more than 20 people and says police have the power to disperse unauthorized crowds. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Iranian officials have made no secret about their massive ambitions for this week's nonaligned nations' gathering, with a guest list including leaders such as Egypt's president and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
A Tibetan father-of-three set himself on fire in China, prompting a large gathering of monks and lay people, rights groups said, as tensions in Tibetan-inhabited areas show no signs of abating. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Michelle Obama joined Twitter on Thursday and in a matter of hours has already gathered more than 200,000 followers. (Source: Digital Trends)... [Full Article]
(AP) - A boy eats a caramel-covered apple during a traditional gathering by a bonfire in Macedonia's capital Skopje, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, a night before Christian Orthodox Christmas Eve. Macedonian Christian Orthodox believers celebrate Chris... [Full Article]
(AP) - Two men drink hot brandy during a gathering by a bonfire in Macedonia's capital Skopje, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, a night before Christian Orthodox Christmas Eve. Macedonian Christian Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas by the Julian cal... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys take part in a gathering with the Chief Rabbi of the Vishnitz Hasidic dynasty to celebrate Hanukkah, at a Vishnitz community center in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv December 27, 2011. Hanukkah, also known as the Fest... [Full Article]
(AP) - Gathering around a life-sized scale model of the Hayabusa spacecraft of which capsule successfully returned to Earth last year with particles collected from an asteroid for the first time in history after a seven-year journey, Japanese actor K... [Full Article]