Politics
Italian PM Letta wins confidence votes, vows reforms
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has won a key confidence vote in parliament after he pledged sweeping economic and political reforms.Car bomb near cafe kills 11 in central Iraq
A car bomb outside a northeastern Iraqi cafe has killed at least 11 people.Brahimi pushes for Syria peace talks on Cairo visit
The U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria is in Cairo as part of a regional tour aimed at garnering support for a peace ...Ex Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi gets political ban
An Italian court has ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, convicted of tax fraud, should be barred from holding public office ...Malawi president dissolves cabinet in response to graft scandal
Malawi President Joyce Banda dissolved the cabinet on Thursday after police arrested several junior officials in her government in recent weeks on ...Myanmar pardons 56 political prisoners
Myanmar\'s president pardoned 56 political prisoners Tuesday, an amnesty apparently timed to highlight the government\'s reforms ahead of a regional summit as ...Assad says Turkey will pay for supporting Syrian rebels
The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has said Turkey will pay a heavy price for backing rebels fighting against him, and accused it ...Indian politician Lalu Prasad sentenced to five years in prison
Former Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been sentenced to 5 years in jail Thursday in a fodder scam case.Italian PM Enrico Letta wins Senate confidence vote
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in his government by a wide margin Wednesday, after former premier Silvio Berlusconi ...Obama shortens Asia trip, cancels stops in Malaysia, Philippines due to government shutdown
U.S. President Barack Obama is canceling part of his planned trip to Asia this weekend because of the government shutdown, the White ...