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As prospect of North Korea missile launch rises, some question US response to threatsThe US is responding to North Korea's bombast as if Pyongyang is capable of making good on its recent threats. Tensions have risen against the backdrop of annual US-South Korean military drills.
Hunt for Kony becomes a casualty of Central African Republic overthrowThe country's membership in the African Union has been suspended, putting a freeze on the AU's military effort there to catch notorious warlord Joseph Kony.
Palestinian prisoners go on hunger strike en masse to protest inmate's deathThe hunger strikers charge Israel with failing to provide adequate care for the man, who was diagnosed with cancer. Israel's Prison Service says it took him to a hospital and was arranging an early release.
Myanmar fire kills 13 Muslim students, adding to Buddhist-Muslim tensionsPolice are blaming the blaze in Yangon on an electrical short, but some of Myanmar's Muslims are suspicious following religious violence around the country.
Reality check? North Korean parliamentary session shifts toneAfter weeks of belligerent talk, North Korea espoused a 'new strategic line,' saying its struggling economy as well as its military strength is a top priority.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un issues fresh round of threatsJoint US-South Korea military drills yesterday prompted harsh language from North Korea's leader himself today.
Pakistan: Afghanistan 'overreacting' in pulling out of military visitAfghan officers canceled a visit to Quetta, Pakistan, for military drills after scores of shells were fired across the countries' shared border. Pakistan is seen as key to promoting a stable Afghanistan.
Flares, gunshots, and fires, oh my: The latest South China Sea accusations flyVietnam accused China of firing on a fishing boat near the Paracel Islands, something China denies. China claims territorial rights over the entire South China Sea, but several nations dispute this.
Rebels capture strategic no man's land: Syria's seat at the Arab LeagueHowever, the ongoing Syrian conflict has caused divisions within Arab nations, and within the rebels themselves.
Hard times for Syria's rebels: top commander injured, PM rejectedThe rebel Free Syrian Army's Col. Riad al-Asaad was reportedly injured in a blast, while the Free Syrian Army rejected the political council's appointment of Ghassan Hitto as provisional prime minister.
Assad lashes out after death of leading Syrian cleric and key Sunni allyA bombing targeting a Damascus mosque killed Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, a critical source of Sunni support for the Assad regime amid the Sunni-led uprising.
West Bank hosts Obama, Gaza sends rocketsThe day President Obama held a press conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza fired two rockets into southern Israel, starkly illustrating Palestinians' internal divides.
South Korea cyberattack: whodunit?Computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters crashed en masse Wednesday, paralyzing bank machines across the country. Immediate suspicion fell on North Korea.
Bombs rock Baghdad, ten years after Iraq invasion announcedA series of bombs targeted Shiite citizens and soldiers, a reminder that the sectarian wounds of the Iraq war remain open and dangerous, ten years after the US invasion.
China warns US missile defense plan will antagonize North KoreaChina criticizes US plans to bolster missile defenses in response to provocations by North Korea, saying they would only intensify antagonism.
War draws closer to Lebanon with Syrian threat of attackIn an ominous turn, Syria warned Lebanon today against continuing to provide refuge for rebels battling the Assad regime, saying its restraint was limited.
India bars Italian envoy from leaving, escalating tensions over marines shooting incidentIndia wants Italy to send two Italian marines accused of shooting Indian fishermen back to stand trial. Italy has refused, despite having promised earlier that it would.
Militant attack in Kashmir shatters years of calmThe armed separatism of the 1990s had largely faded away, but a peace accord never followed. Frustration had been mounting in recent weeks over an execution and an expansive policing law.
Armistice dead? US and South Korea dismiss North Korea's edictSkepticism about the effect of the North's dismissal of a cease-fire is grounded in past experience.
North Korea leaves phone to South Korea off the hookThis follows threats from Pyongyang last week both to end the armistice and to 'exercise the right to a preemptive nuclear attack.'
