Suzanna KosterApril 29, 2013 06:32

KONDEA TURKMENKOY, North Cyprus — Turkish Cypriots hope economic crisis prompts a peace agreement.

Israel suspects Iran of sending drone from Lebanon

Talia RalphApril 28, 2013 15:00

Israel has pointed the finger at Iran for launching an unmanned drone over its airspace last week from Lebanon.

US citizen Kenneth Bae accused of attempting to overthrow North Korea

Jessica PhelanApril 27, 2013 09:15

Bae's arrest and now trial for crimes that are still unspecified, at a time when North Korea's relations with the US are at one of their lowest points in years, has drawn suggestions that Pyongyang may be using him as a bargaining chip.

10 people dead in bomb blast at Karachi election office

Ellen ConnollyApril 26, 2013 17:43

10 dead in car bomb explosion outside an election office in Pakistan's city of Karachi.

Syria: Rebels and Kurds clash in Aleppo

Tracey Shelton and Peter GellingApril 26, 2013 15:10

ALEPPO — A Kurdish militia group, which has maintained relatively fluid alliances during the 2-year-old Syrian conflict, clashed with Free Syrian Army rebels on Friday. Several people were killed in the initial fighting, including an 8-year-old boy. Heavy gunfire and mortar attacks continued into the night.

Syria: What would US military intervention look like?

Erin CunninghamApril 25, 2013 16:30

As evidence of possible chemical weapons use in Syria mounts, so do the calls in some quarters for a full-scale military intervention in the now two-year-long conflict that has cost roughly 70,000 lives. President Barack Obama had said chemical attacks by regime forces on Syrian civilians would constitute a “red line” for his administration in its willingness to intervene against the brutal government of Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad.

Beena SarwarApril 27, 2013 09:23

Boston Marathon bombings: a Pakistani perspective

Commentary: American values live; Pakistan gives impunity to criminals.

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A makeshift memorial in Copley Square, near the site of one of the Boston Marathon bombings, on April 24, 2013. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Historic Copley Square is one of my favorite places in my adopted city of Boston. This is where, last month, we held a vigil against Shia killings in Pakistan. This is where runners at the Annual Patriots’ Day Marathon cross the finish line at Boylston Street past the majestic public library. And this is where, on April 15, two bombs exploded, disrupting the idyllic scene of the marathon on a crisp, sunny Monday afternoon.

Myanmar’s mine raiders: Living on stolen dirt

Patrick Winn May 1, 2013 16:22

When the quarry guards show up, you run like hell. You drop your sacks of pilfered dirt and scramble down the steep rim of the copper mine. When you reach the base, you keep running, bounding over pools awash in sulfuric acid. Be careful: Plenty of boys before you have tumbled in and snapped limbs. Do not look back. Do not stop sprinting until you slip unseen into the village.

UN peacekeepers head to Mali, where there is no peace

Tristan McConnellApril 26, 2013 06:01

NAIROBI — Thousands of UN peacekeepers could be headed to Mali as early as July. The UN troops, which could number more than 12,000, would replace a French force that has been battling back Al Qaeda-linked militants since January.

UN Security Council approves Mali peacekeeping force

Daniel DeFraiaApril 25, 2013 14:29

"This mission ... will be concentrated, amongst other things, on stabilizing the main urban centres in the North, restoring the authority of the state ... the protection of civilians, the promotion and protection of human rights as well as humanitarian assistance," Mali's Foreign Minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly said.