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Official figures show that Britain’s unemployment rate spiked to 8.4 percent in November, its highest level since 1995.

Five foreign tourists have been killed in Ethiopia in an attack by unknown gunmen in the northern Afar region.

Lawyers for the ousted Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, have begun arguing the case for the defense, after his trail reopened in Cairo.

A handful of large websites, including Wikipedia and Reddit, have confirmed they will go dark on Wednesday to protest the SOPA anti-piracy bill that critics say will wreck the Internet as we know it.

Italian naval divers have blasted holes in the hull of a cruise ship grounded off a Tuscan island to speed the search for 29 missing people while seas are still calm.

At least six people have died after a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany. The owners of the cruise ship say there may have been significant human error on the part of the ship’s captain, an allegation he denies.

Labor leaders have rejected the Nigerian government’s concession to drop fuel prices after a nationwide strike paralyzed the country last week.

GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman has decided to drop out of the race and endorse Mitt Romney.

The US embassy in Thailand has alerted its citizens to possible terrorist attacks on tourist locations in Bangkok.

Some of the most important Burmese political dissidents have been freed. It is another sign that top officials in the long repressive Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, are softening their stance toward the opposition.

Obama administration officials say they are relying on a secret channel of communication to warn Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that closing the Strait of Hormuz is a “red line” that would provoke an American response.

A video showing what appear to be American forces urinating on dead Taliban fighters has prompted anger in Afghanistan and promises of a U.S. investigation, but the insurgent group has said it would not harm nascent efforts to broker peace talks.

North Korea has announced it will enshrine Kim Jong Il’s body in the palace housing his father, the national founder, deepening its veneration of the Kim dynasty as the country transfers power to a third generation of the family.

Myanmar’s government has signed a cease-fire agreement with ethnic Karen rebels in a major step toward ending one of the world’s longest-running insurgencies and meeting a key condition for better ties with the West.

Spanish airline Iberia says it has canceled 104 flights during a one-day strike by pilots protesting the company’s planned new budget carrier.

With 284 of 301 precincts reporting, Romney wins 40 percent of the vote, followed by Paul with 23 percent and Huntsman with 17 percent. They are followed by Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. Texas Gov. Rick Perry garnered just 1 percent.

An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed by a bomb placed on his car by a motorcyclist in Tehran. A city official has blamed Israel for the attack, similar to attacks on nuclear scientists just over a year ago.

The candidates hoping to take on President Obama in November’s US presidential election fight it out in New Hampshire, in part two of the battle for the Republican nomination.

A bomb has killed at least 29 people and wounded 37 after it exploded near a bus terminal in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber region, one of the restive tribal areas where insurgents are battling government forces

In his first speech since June, Syrian President Bashar Assad has refused to step down, insisting he still has his people’s support. He continues to claim that a foreign conspiracy and terrorists are behind the country’s unrest.

Security breach by ‘hacktivists’ reveals email addresses of 221 British military staff and 242 Nato officials.

Iran’s Revolutionary Court has convicted American Mirzaei Hekmati of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death.

A court has acquitted Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges, signaling a new era for conservative Malaysia.

A civilian court orders the arrest of Turkey’s former head of the army, the highest-ranking officer so far to be charged with leadership of an illegal network accused of seeking to overthrow the government.

Ahead of the New Hampshire primary, the nearby Boston Globe endorses the former US ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, a slap to former Massachusetts Governor Romney.

A presumed terrorist explosion strikes a neighborhood in Damascus, state media said Friday, killing and injuring dozens.

A fight among inmates armed with makeshift knives, clubs and stones has left 31 people dead and 13 injured in a prison in a drug-plagued state in northern Mexico.

A series of bombings in Baghdad leaves 27 people dead and dozens wounded, intensifying fears of increased violence following the recent U.S. troop withdrawal.

The euro has dropped to its lowest rate against the dollar in 16 months after France sold 8bn euros ($10.3bn, £6.6bn) of bonds at an auction.

Grave containing at least 10 human skulls is discovered in northern Afghanistan by construction workers digging the earth to build a car park in an army compound.

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is handing over power to Vice President Amado Boudou until January 24, as she undergoes thyroid cancer surgery.

Mitt Romney wins Tuesday night’s Iowa caucuses, beating rival Rick Santorum by just 8 votes in the closest presidential GOP contest in U.S. history.

Tens of thousands of people have been protesting in Budapest over Hungary’s controversial new constitution, a day after it came into force.

German unemployment has fallen to its lowest rate in December since 1991; by contrast, Spain said on Tuesday the number of people claiming unemployment benefits stood at a 15-year high at the end of 2011.

Los Angeles police book a 24-year-old man on suspicion of arson after an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy detained him in connection with a string of more than 50 deliberately set fires.

Iran says it has successfully test-fired two long-range missiles during a naval exercise in the Gulf, flexing its military muscle to show it could hit Israel and U.S. bases in the region if attacked.