LISBON, Portugal (AP) - A 24-hour strike by Lisbon subway staff snarled rush-hour traffic in the Portuguese capital Thursday, heralding a new spate of planned strikes against the bailed-out country's austerity policies. (Source: Associated Press... [Full Article]
BEIJING (AP) - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping face weighty issues when they meet at a private estate in California next week, but their most important task may simply be establishing a strong rapport. (Source: Associated Pres... [Full Article]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, although the militant group denied he was killed. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MOSCOW (AP) - A jailed member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot was hospitalized Tuesday on the seventh day of a hunger strike to protest what she calls a persecution campaign against her. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets fired at Hezbollah-controlled southern Beirut bring Syria's escalating civil war deeper into the heart of Lebanon and closer to unrestrained regional conflict. The two-year-old conflict in Syria ha... [Full Article]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional c... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi officials say a bomb has exploded in a commericial area in a mainly Sunni neighborhood in western Baghdad, killing at least seven people and wounding 20. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - E! president Suzanne Kolb on Wednesday sent a letter to eight striking "Fashion Police" writers, defending the show's host Joan Rivers and insisting on a sanctioned election before it woul... [Full Article]
BERLIN (AP) - A union representing workers at Amazon in Germany says members are striking in a push for higher wages from the online retailer. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - A deadly car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in a busy area packed with civilians in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, destroying part of the facility, officials said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]