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Authorities ordered immediate culling of poultry in eastern India after samples tested positive for bird flu.

The attorney for two U.S. hikers who have been detained for more than two years in Iran said Tuesday their release has been delayed again.

Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are creating a humanitarian disaster in Bani Walid, the National Transitional Council’s military spokesman charged Monday.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he still intends to submit an application for statehood to the United Nations Security Council, according to U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky, despite a rising tide of controversy that accompanies the m…

Officials in Norway insist that aiport security operated properly in subjecting baggage belonging South Africa’s top diplomat to security checks earlier this month.

Turkey said Monday that Cyprus’ decision to go ahead with exploratory oil drilling in the Mediterranean was a “provocation.”

Turkey said Monday that Cyprus’ decision to go ahead with exploratory oil drilling in the Mediterranean was a “provocation.”

Iran has detained six documentary filmmakers on accusations that they worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation's Persian service, activists said on Monday.

A day after authorities announced that the body of a Mexican congressman was found along a highway in the coastal state of Guerrero, lawmakers from his political party called Monday for a swift investigation of his killing.

At least 14 people were dead and 18 others missing after tons of rock and mud slid down a mountain in central China over the weekend, state-run media reported Monday.