A military spokesman says France has sent weapons to Libyan rebels — the first NATO country to publicly announce it has armed rebel fighters.
Iran has tested a new radar system, a military commander said on Wednesday, as part of a show of strength it hopes will warn Israel and the United States against any attack.
Egyptian security forces firing tear gas clashed with more than 5,000 rock-throwing protesters in central Cairo late Tuesday, leaving dozens injured in the latest unrest to rattle the country, witnesses and medical officials said.
Afghan police sifted through one of Kabul's landmark hotels room by room on Wednesday for any more casualties or security threats after an overnight assault by Taliban suicide bombers killed 10 Afghan civilians and police.
Cuban state TV on Tuesday night showed pictures of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro chatting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who was recovering from a surgery in Havana. Castro had a "fraternal" meeting Tuesday morning with Chavez and his family members, and they "recalled moments of previous meetings," the official NNTV said.
NATO helicopters fired rockets at gunmen on the rooftop of a besieged Kabul hotel early Wednesday.
China said relations with Sudan would remain friendly regardless of changes in the international situation or in Sudan's domestic affairs.
Sudanese leader: Ties with China to stay on track
NATO helicopters fired rockets at gunmen on the rooftop of a besieged Kabul hotel early Wednesday.
NATO helicopters fired rockets at gunmen on the rooftop of a besieged Kabul hotel early Wednesday.
Yemen said on Monday its security forces had foiled a planned al-Qaida attack in the southern province of Aden.
Bank of Mexico Governor Agustin Carstens is congratulating French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde on her election as managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of Christine Lagarde as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Bank's sister agency.