Syria troops, rebels clash near Aleppo intelligence HQ: NGO Syrian troops and rebels fought pitched battles near an intelligence headquarters in Aleppo on Tuesday as a military offensive in Syria's commercial capital raged into a fourth day.
01 August 2012
Bill Clinton to give nomination address for Obama Bill Clinton will sprinkle his political stardust on President Barack Obama's re-election bid by giving the nominating address at the Democratic Party convention.
Fifty years on, everyone still wants a piece of Marilyn The first thing you notice when you see Marilyn Monroe's full-length gloves in the storeroom of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is how small her hands were.
Australia smashes $500 mln Hong Kong drug ring Australian police have seized half a billion dollars' worth of crystal methamphetamine and heroin after smashing a Hong Kong-linked international drugs syndicate.
Men in Batman masks rob two Mexican theaters At least three men wearing Batman masks raided two cinemas in northern Mexico Monday at showings of "The Dark Knight Rises," wounding one man.
31 July 2012
Eurozone must take 'decisive' measures, Obama says US President Barack Obama said Monday that the eurozone is not buckling under the weight of the debt crisis, but that "decisive steps" have yet to be taken.
Afghan construction way behind schedule: report A new US government report has found major reconstruction projects in Afghanistan are so behind schedule they will not yield results before most combat troops leave.
31 July 2012
N. Korea allows S. Korea executives to visit resort North Korea will allow South Korean business executives to visit a jointly-developed tourism resort despite an acrimonious years-long dispute over the project.
31 July 2012
US report on religious freedom 'unjustified': China China's official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday there was "no justification" for a US report signalling a marked deterioration in the country's religious freedom in 2011.
31 July 2012
Asian markets rise again on stimulus hopes Asian markets were generally higher Tuesday, their third consecutive positive session, amid continued hopes for new stimulus measures by European and US central banks.
31 July 2012
Divorces on the rise again in Iraq Divorces are on the rise in Iraq, official figures show, though the number of couples parting ways is still far lower than the latter years of Saddam Hussein's rule, and marriages much higher.
China to land first moon probe: state media China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme.