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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A defense contractor who provided personal security to Afghan and Iraqi leaders has been charged with killing an Afghan civilian.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration's strategy to keep terror ...

Thousands donned aprons and hair nets Thursday outside Seoul's City Hall in a bid to make the world's biggest batch of kimchi, the spicy pickled cabbage that is Korea's best-known dish.

Kimchi traditionally is prepared in the fall during an annual rite called the 'kimjang,' and then packed into giant pickling...

Australian police said Thursday they will stop restricting the movements and communications of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee after he broke his long media silence to ask them to let him 'get on with' his life.

If the restrictions are lifted, Hicks will be a completely free man for the first...

Shops were shuttered, cars stayed off the streets, schools were closed and demonstrators burnt tyres in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, on Thursday in a protest against the murder of two men blamed on Nepal's ...

A Syrian complex bombed by Israel bore multiple features resembling those of a nuclear reactor and U.N. inspectors found "significant" traces of uranium at the site, a watchdog report said on Wednesday.

Nov 19 - Increasing talk about talking to the Taliban comes at a time when some members claim responsibility for killing French soldiers serving in Afghanistan.

IMF: Kazakh economy on the right path Comments ALMATY, Kazakhstan - A senior International Monetary Fund official has praised Kazakhstan, an early victim of the global credit crunch, for its handling of the ...

The Canadian commander of NATO forces in Kandahar province on Tuesday visited the site of a new policing initiative intended to gain control in volatile areas of competing Western and Taliban influences.

CHINA has told police to ensure stability amid the global financial crisis after thousands rioted in a northwestern city, beating up police and looting offices in the latest of a series of demonstrations ...