Syria ex-detainees allege ordeals of rape and sex abuse

Syria ex-detainees allege ordeals of rape and sex abuse
City Room: Eighth Grader Says he Vandalized Grimm's Office
Senkaku dispute reinforces military shifts
Protesters Encircle the Spanish Parliament
A Dance Critic’s Most Shocking Moment
Russian lawmakers call for jail for "blasphemous acts"
Afghanistan Bans Pakistani Newspapers in Border Area
Spain prepares more austerity, protesters clash with police
VIDEO: Crackdown on marijuana in California
Stolen Ben Franklin bust found
Egypt sentences Islamists to jail over Suez murder
Niger arrests five suspected Boko Haram militants
BBC apologizes to Queen Elizabeth over radical cleric leak
Floods destroy Pakistani homes
South Africa's Malema to face corruption hearing
Italian PM Mario Monti says he won't run for election
Iran unveils long-range drone: state TV
Obama: Trafficking is 'slavery'
Women's World T20 is set to begin
Pakistan cruise into Super Eights

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Allegations of sexual violence against Syrian prisoners

City Room: Eighth Grader Says he Vandalized Grimm's Office

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:50 PM PDT

Though the campaign of Representative Michael G. Grimm says that its computers were also hacked in an "assault on democracy," the authorities said they had found no evidence of that and the boy did not even know the office belonged to a politician.

Senkaku dispute reinforces military shifts

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT

TOKYO — Tuesday's confrontation between Japanese and Taiwanese coast guard vessels hardly ranks among the great naval battles — the only weapons deployed were water cannon, and the Taiwanese beat a dignified retreat after a few hours.

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Protesters Encircle the Spanish Parliament

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT

As thousands besieged Parliament, Spain's two largest regions took steps that underscored their deepening economic troubles and displeasure with the government's austerity plans.

A Dance Critic’s Most Shocking Moment

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Alastair Macaulay, chief dance critic for The Times, noted little outcry at a 1990 performance that revisited the notorious 1913 debut of "The Rite of Spring."

Russian lawmakers call for jail for "blasphemous acts"

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:41 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers are calling for jail sentences for people guilty of offending religious feelings, in a move that could tighten the bonds between President Vladimir Putin and the resurgent Orthodox Church.

Afghanistan Bans Pakistani Newspapers in Border Area

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:15 PM PDT

The Afghan Interior Ministry said the publications, in English, Pashto and Urdu, were "functioning as mouthpieces and propaganda tools for the Taliban."

Spain prepares more austerity, protesters clash with police

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:49 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Protesters clashed with police in Spain's capital on Tuesday as the government prepares a new round of unpopular austerity measures for the 2013 budget that will be announced on Thursday.

VIDEO: Crackdown on marijuana in California

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Federal crackdown on marijuana looms in California as dozens of dispensaries are ordered to shut down.

Stolen Ben Franklin bust found

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:13 PM PDT

A rare $3m bust of US founding father Benjamin Franklin is recovered nearly a month after it was stolen from a home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Egypt sentences Islamists to jail over Suez murder

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:13 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Three Egyptians accused of killing a man while he was walking with his fiancée were sentenced to 15 years in jail on Tuesday for forming an Islamist vigilante group to enforce their hard-line ideas, the state news agency MENA reported.

Niger arrests five suspected Boko Haram militants

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger has arrested five people near the Nigerian border suspected of belonging to the militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, Niger security officials said on Tuesday.

BBC apologizes to Queen Elizabeth over radical cleric leak

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:52 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BBC apologized to Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday after a senior journalist reported her private views about one of the country's best known terrorism suspects, an embarrassing disclosure for a monarch who avoids public political statements.

Floods destroy Pakistani homes

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 10:05 AM PDT

Tens of thousands of people are made homeless by monsoon flooding in the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan and Sindh, officials say.

South Africa's Malema to face corruption hearing

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:43 PM PDT

POLOKWANE, South Africa (Reuters) - ANC rebel Julius Malema, South African President Jacob Zuma's most prominent critic and an advocate of mining nationalization, appears in court on Wednesday on corruption charges that his supporters say are politically motivated.

Italian PM Mario Monti says he won't run for election

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:06 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Tuesday he would not run in elections due in spring, in an interview in which he said Italy no longer risked igniting a debt crisis in the euro zone.

Iran unveils long-range drone: state TV

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled a home-built long-range drone capable of reaching most of the Middle East, including the Islamic state's arch-foe Israel, state television reported on Tuesday.