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Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being questioned by French police investigating a suspected hotel prostitution ring in the northern city of Lille.

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered outside the Baghram Airfield in Afghanistan, spurred by reports that U.S. soldiers had burned a copy of the Quran at the base.

Oil prices have jumped to nearly 105 dollars a barrel – a nine-month high – in Asia, after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in a dispute over its nuclear program.

A team of United Nations inspectors have arrived in Tehran, saying its highest priority remained “the possible military dimensions” that Tehran denies are part of its disputed nuclear program.

South Korea has fired live artillery in a military drill near the country’s heavily armed border with North Korea, which has described the exercise as a provocation.

New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict and turmoil, has died of an apparent asthma attack.

German President Christian Wulff announces his resignation, after prosecutors called for his immunity to be lifted amid a home loan scandal. Angela Merkel says she received news of President Wulff’s resignation “with regret”.

Armed robbers have stolen several dozen artefacts from Greece’s Ancient Olympia Museum, which houses one of the most important collections of ancient Greek antiquities.

At least eight Palestinian children have been killed in a collision between a school bus and an Israeli truck on a road in the West Bank.

Japanese prosecutors have arrested seven men, including former Olympus Corp. Chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, for their alleged involvement in a massive $1.7 billion accounting fraud at the Japanese camera and medical equipment maker.

Gunmen have attacked a federal prison in Nigeria, freeing nearly 200 inmates during a gun battle in an attack similar to one carried out in 2010 by a radical Islamist sect.

An explosion has struck an oil pipeline in the Syrian protest city of Homs, with activists saying government forces bombed it from the air and the regime blaming “terrorists.”

As Iranian TV reports that Tehran set to unveil new generation of centrifuges, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells Knesset that world must denounce Iranian terrorist activity or it will spread.

A fire has swept through a jail in Honduras, killing at least 272 inmates.

Senior church officials interviewed this month said almost daily embarrassments that have put the Vatican on the defensive could force Pope Benedict to act to clean up the image of its administration – at a time when the church faces a crisis of authority

Syrian government forces attack opponents of President Bashar al-Assad on several fronts, sending residents fleeing from one town near the capital and bombarding the city of Homs for an 11th day running.

European stocks climb, extending the Stoxx Europe 600 Index’s biggest rally in a week, as German investor confidence unexpectedly rose, offsetting downgrades of six euro-area countries by Moody’s Investors Service.

Adele has triumphed in her return to music’s stage, scooping up six Grammys and winning every category in which she was nominated including album of the year and best record with Rolling In the Deep. As joyous as the show was for Adele, it was eq

Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani has been charged with contempt in an appearance before the country’s Supreme Court. He is accused of failing to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.

South Korean police have arrested a 43-year-old self-styled church pastor and his wife who confessed to beating their three young children to death in an attempt to cleanse them of their illnesses and sins.

Twin bomb blasts hit Syrian military and security buildings in the northern city of Aleppo on Friday, killing 25 people in the worst violence to hit the country’s commercial hub in the 11-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

A man who was convicted of stalking and threatening pop star Madonna has escaped from a psychiatric hospital. Robert Dewey Hoskins was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 1996.

Thousands take to the streets of Athens as Greek unions launch a two-day general strike against planned austerity measures , a day after the country’s crucial international bailout was put in limbo by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone.

A suspected member of Mexico’s Zetas drugs gang has led authorities to two graves in Veracruz state containing 15 bodies.

Greek leaders have failed to agree on reforms and austerity measures, the price of a bailout to avoid a messy default, forcing Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos to go to the country’s financial backers with an incomplete deal.

Germany says it is expelling four Syrian diplomats following the arrest earlier this week of two men accused of spying on Syrian opposition groups in Germany.

Ex-Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed says he was forced to step down at gunpoint and urges his successor to step down.

Rick Santorum has awakened to a new reality after sweeping all three Republican presidential contests in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri a day earlier, reshaping the contest that will decide who runs against President Barack Obama in November.

The Syrian city of Homs has come under renewed bombardment for the fifth day running – the heaviest so far, according to residents.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad amid a renewed government assault on rebel forces.

In a dramatic move to quell parents’ fears, Los Angeles school officials have said they will temporarily replace the entire staff of an elementary school south of downtown Los Angeles, where two teachers have been accused of lewd acts against stu

The idyllic tourist destination of the Maldives has descended into violence and political chaos after a revolt by police officers led to the resignation of the country’s first democratically elected president in decades.

Braving cold temperatures, crowds gather to greet the Queen of England on the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

Syrian forces have bombarded Homs, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a center of armed opposition to President Bashar Assad.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has banned Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador for two years for doping, and stripped him of his 2010 Tour de France victory.

A New Zealand court refuses bail appeal by the accused Internet pirate. The lawyer for Kim Dotcom says his client was “very disappointed” by the decision.