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Taliban announces start of spring offensive in Afghanistan
The Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive on Tuesday, pledging to launch large-scale offensives against government strongholds backed by suicide ...Darfur votes on status in referendum boycotted by rebels
Sudan\'s war-scarred Darfur region voted Monday in the first day of a referendum on its future status despite international criticism, a rebel ...European Union requires visas for US and Canadian citizens
Well, it might not be as easy as you think because the European Union (EU) is currently considering requiring U.S. citizens and ...John Kerry makes historic Hiroshima visit
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called his visit to a memorial to victims of 1945 U.S. nuclear attack on ...Yemen clashes rage hours before scheduled cease-fire
Sporadic fighting gripped parts of Yemen on Sunday, hours before a UN-brokered ceasefire aimed at laying the groundwork for upcoming peace talks ...Dubai to build tower taller than Burj Khalifa
Dubai plans to build a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, currently the world\'s tallest skyscraper, property developer Emaar ...Prince William and wife Kate begin royal tour of India
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid their respects at one of the sites of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks Sunday as ...Peru votes on Fujimori daughter in chaotic election
Peruvians voted Sunday on whether Keiko Fujimori, daughter of an ex-president jailed for massacres, should become their first female leader in an ...Ukrainian PM Yatseniuk resigns, paving way for new government
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Sunday, paving the way for Western-backed coalition parties to nominate an ally of ...Massive fire kills more than 100 in south India temple fire
A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India on Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring scores more after ...