A car bomber has killed eight, including two policemen, in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, Afghan police said.Abdul-Hakim Isaqzai, the police chief in...
Egyptian authorities have arrested former interior minister Habib el-Adly and two other ex-ministers who are under investigation for corruption, security officials said.Authorities also arrested...
Bahrain's leaders have banned public gatherings and sent tanks into the streets, intensifying a crackdown that killed five anti-government protesters and wounded more than...
Japan's government has ended its Antarctic whaling hunt season early due to harassment from activists.The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Friday that...
Town hall payrolls have swelled by 179,000 employees since 1997 in what ministers describe as an "explosion" in local government jobs and bureaucracy, it...
