Death toll at 37 as Iran wraps up quake rescue
Rescuers Wednesday wound up operations after pulling 20 people from the rubble of an earthquake that struck near the port city of Bushehr.
Most conflict-zone sex crimes are against children: charity
Save the Children on Wednesday urged action after releasing a report claiming that most rape and sexual abuse victims in many of the world's conflict zones were children.
Execution-free world getting closer: Amnesty
The use of the death penalty is broadly diminishing around the world although a handful of countries that had not used capital punishment for several years resumed executions in 2012.
Parcel bomb sent to Italian newspaper office
A parcel bomb was sent to the offices of Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday but failed to detonate when opened, prompting an evacuation of the building as bomb disposal teams were deployed.
US budget cuts could delay Bin Laden kin's trial
The highly anticipated New York trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law could be delayed because his court-appointed lawyers have been hit by US budget cuts.
Ban says W. Sahara risks being drawn into Mali war
UN leader Ban Ki-Moon called Monday for urgent international efforts to end the Western Sahara conflict because of fears the Mali war will spill over into the Moroccan-occupied territory.
Fake Rockefeller faces murder charge verdict
A German man who posed as a member of the famed Rockefeller family after allegedly killing his landlord in California likely killed the man's wife too.
France launches major offensive on Mali Islamists
A French force of 1,000 soldiers in a major offensive has swept a valley thought to be a logistics base for Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists near the Malian city of Gao.
Argentina floods caused $5 billion in damage
Damage from last week's record rains and flooding in Argentina exceeded five billion dollars, according to officials, who said on Sunday that more than 350,000 people suffered losses in property.