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A government warplane crashed north of the capital city of Yemen on Wednesday morning, state television reported.

Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is believed to be hiding out near the town of Ghadamis under the protection of the Tuareg tribe, an interim government military spokesman told CNN Tuesday.

A Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan killed eight officers and completely destroyed a police post, a provincial spokesman said Wednesday.

A Jewish human rights organization on Monday called for Thailand's Christian leaders to condemn a parade at the Sacred Heart School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in which participating students wearing Nazi uniforms performed "Sieg Heil" salu…

Iran plans to send ships near the Atlantic coast of the United States, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency is reporting, quoting a commander.

Typhoon Nesat struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon with top winds of 140 kph (87 mph) early Tuesday, the Philippine national weather agency reported.

Australian women will soon be able to serve alongside their male counterparts in front-line combat roles — a notable shift in the push for gender equality in professions historically dominated by men.

Saudi King Abdullah announced greater political participation for women in the conservative kingdom this week, but Tuesday, a human rights group decried the promised reforms in light of a flogging sentence for a woman who dared to drive a car.

It will be Shakespeare as nobody has seen it before. Over six weeks next spring, London's Globe Theatre will present all 37 of the Bard's plays in 37 languages, performed by companies from as many countries.

The defense will begin presenting its final arguments Tuesday as American Amanda Knox fights to have her murder conviction overturned.