An electronic board displays currency rates outside a brokerage in Tokyo, May 23, 2013.

Asian, European Stocks Plunge on Weak Chinese Factory Data

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A woman, displaced by conflict in Darfur, at a camp for internally displaced persons.

Audio UN Envoy Pledges to Lobby for More Darfur Aid

UN humanitarian official Valerie Amos says more aid is needed for Darfur More

A South Korean man watches a TV news reporting about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's special envoy Choe Ryong Hae, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, May 22, 2013.

North Korea's Kim Sends Envoy to China

Korean Central News Agency said Choe Ryong Hae, the director of the General Political Bureau of the North Korean army, left Pyongyang for China Wednesday More

A South Korean man watches a TV news reporting about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's special envoy Choe Ryong Hae, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, May 22, 2013.

North Korea's Kim Sends Envoy to China

Korean Central News Agency said Choe Ryong Hae, the director of the General Political Bureau of the North Korean army, left Pyongyang for China Wednesday More

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) speaks with the media as India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on during the signing of agreements ceremony in New Delhi, May 20, 2013.

Audio India, China Pledge to Overcome Border Tensions

Indian prime minister and Chinese premiere attempt to move past tense standoff in the Himalayas during Delhi talks More


The Latest Images from Syria

  • Buildings destroyed in a government airstrike and shelling, in Marjeh in Aleppo, Syria, April, 11, 2013. (AMC)
  • A Syrian Army officer briefs his men to prepare for an offensive in Aleppo's Liramoun area, April 11, 2013.
  • Damaged mosques and properties activists said were hit by shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Daraa, April 10, 2013.
  • A Syrian rebel monitors the movement of Syrian government forces in the Sheikh Maqsud district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on April 11, 2013.
  • A man walks amid destruction in Aleppo, April 10, 2013.
  • A view of the new Mrigeb al-Fuhud refugee camp near Zarqa, Jordan.
  • Free Syrian Army fighters walk along a street lined with damaged shops and buildings in Deir al-Zor, April 8, 2013.
  • Smoke rises after a huge explosion shook the Sabaa Bahrat Square in Damascus, April 8, 2013.
  • Rescue teams recover bodies from the scene of a car bomb explosion which rocked central Damascus on April 8, 2013.

12 Killed in Iraq Bombings

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Palestinians Mark 65 Years Since Displacement

Nakba Day commemorates the expulsions of Palestinians during the bloody creation of Israel in 1948
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Karzai Agrees to US Request for Bases

Proposed deal would clarify America's military presence in Afghanistan after 2014 withdrawal
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Pakistani Women Determined to Vote Despite Threats

Amid election-related attacks, threats, some Baluchistan women vow to make their voices heard at the ballot box
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Hagel: US Rethinking Arming Syrian Rebels

Defense secretary says White House is considering a range of options but that no decisions have been reached
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Video World Press Freedom Declines

Rights group says number of people living in societies with fully free press at lowest level in more than decade
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India Angry About Prisoner's Death in Pakistan

Sarabjit Singh died of serious head injuries, early Thursday, after being assaulted with bricks by fellow prisoners
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Syrian Rebels Eye EU Oil Trade

Primitive refineries are springing up in backyards across Syria as the European Union finalizes lifting of oil embargo from rebel-held areas
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Rights Group Urges EU to Address Alleged Chinese Abuses

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton Ashton to visiting the Chinese capital Thursday, Friday as part of regular EU-China dialogue series
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