VIDEO: Inside Tunisian grand palace

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• VIDEO: Inside Tunisian grand palace
• Analysis: Franco-German chill reshuffles cards in Europe
• Eight killed as Taliban suicide bombers attack Pakistan police station
• Analysis: North Korea a looming problem for whoever wins South vote
• Italy's Monti says his political future unclear: press
• Analysis: Franco-German chill reshuffles cards in Europe
• Eight killed as Taliban suicide bombers attack Pakistan police station
• Italy's Monti says his political future unclear: press
• Egypt's opposition calls for more protests
• VIDEO: President declared Ghana winner
• Taliban attack Pakistan police station, kill 6
• Two officials assassinated in Afghanistan
• VIDEO: Postcards from the Arab uprising
• North Korea repairs faulty rocket for launch
• Nigeria finance minister's mother kidnapped
• VIDEO: Washington same-sex couples marry
• Analysis: North Korea a looming problem for whoever wins South vote
• No sign of imminent rocket launch in North Korea
• Bomb kills Afghan provincial police chief
• Philippines, leftist rebels declare truces in disaster areas

VIDEO: Inside Tunisian grand palace Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:31 PM PST The BBC's Lyse Doucet has gained rare access to one of the grand palaces lived in by deposed Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

Analysis: Franco-German chill reshuffles cards in Europe Posted: 09 Dec 2012 10:58 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - A chill has settled over the Rhine seven months after the election of Socialist French President Francois Hollande, reshuffling the cards in Europe's perpetual power game. The cooling of traditionally close Franco-German relations was partly an intentional step by Hollande to demonstrate that he is not in conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's pocket but wants to change the policy direction of the European Union. It also reflects a fraught process of rebalancing power to accommodate Germany's greater political heft and economic clout. ...

Eight killed as Taliban suicide bombers attack Pakistan police station Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:00 PM PST DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Four Taliban suicide bombers attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least eight police and local residents, security officials said. The Pakistan Taliban took responsibility for the attack near Bannu in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, close to the border with Afghanistan, a hotbed of insurgency where attacks on security forces are common. "Three suicide bombers blew themselves up, while one was shot by police before he could blow himself up," an intelligence source said. ...

Analysis: North Korea a looming problem for whoever wins South vote Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:29 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - Whoever wins South Korea's December 19 presidential election will likely find that spiky and unpredictable North Korea is as ready to strike as it is to negotiate. The main contenders in the South's election have said they would hold talks with Kim Jong-un, the youthful ruler of one of the world's most heavily armed states, in a bid to end the chill that has descended on relations under South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, whose mandatory single term ends in February. ...

Italy's Monti says his political future unclear: press Posted: 09 Dec 2012 10:45 PM PST MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, who said on Saturday he would resign as soon as the country's budget for 2013 is approved, told daily La Repubblica he does not know what his political future is. "I don't know," he was quoted as saying in an article published on Monday. "If I had to ...describe my feelings today, I would say that I am very concerned." Monti has previously said he would not stand in the next election, now expected to take place in February. But potential allies among smaller centrist groups note he has not definitely closed the door on the idea either. ...

Analysis: Franco-German chill reshuffles cards in Europe Posted: 09 Dec 2012 10:58 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - A chill has settled over the Rhine seven months after the election of Socialist French President Francois Hollande, reshuffling the cards in Europe's perpetual power game.

Eight killed as Taliban suicide bombers attack Pakistan police station Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:00 PM PST DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Four Taliban suicide bombers attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least eight police and local residents, security officials said.

Italy's Monti says his political future unclear: press Posted: 09 Dec 2012 10:46 PM PST MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, who said on Saturday he would resign as soon as the country's budget for 2013 is approved, told daily La Repubblica he does not know what his political future is.

Egypt's opposition calls for more protests Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:02 PM PST Coalition of opposition parties calls for demonstrations against President Morsi's plans for vote on draft constitution.

VIDEO: President declared Ghana winner Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:02 PM PST Ghana's presidential election has been won by incumbent President John Mahama, the electoral commission has announced.

Taliban attack Pakistan police station, kill 6 Posted: 09 Dec 2012 10:05 PM PST Taliban militants armed with a rocket, hand grenades and automatic weapons attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing six people, police said.

Two officials assassinated in Afghanistan Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:11 PM PST Nimroz province police chief killed in roadside bombing, while gunmen shoot dead women's affairs official in Laghman.

VIDEO: Postcards from the Arab uprising Posted: 09 Dec 2012 04:08 PM PST Two years on from the start of the Arab uprising, people in Lebanon, Jordan and Algeria talk about how the events have changed their countries.

North Korea repairs faulty rocket for launch Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:57 PM PST Iranian missile experts help replace a faulty section of a long-range rocket, a South Korean newspaper reports.

Nigeria finance minister's mother kidnapped Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:52 PM PST It is not clear if the motive behind the abduction of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's mother was political or ransom-seeking.

VIDEO: Washington same-sex couples marry Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:08 PM PST Scores of same-sex couples in Washington State have taken their wedding vows, after a voter-approved gay marriage law came into effect.

Analysis: North Korea a looming problem for whoever wins South vote Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:29 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - Whoever wins South Korea's December 19 presidential election will likely find that spiky and unpredictable North Korea is as ready to strike as it is to negotiate.

No sign of imminent rocket launch in North Korea Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:46 PM PST North Korea held off launching a long-range rocket Monday, the first day of a 13-day window during a frigid, snowy stretch of winter weather, a day after announcing it may delay the controversial liftoff.

Bomb kills Afghan provincial police chief Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:43 PM PST Afghan police say a roadside bombing has killed the police chief of a southern province.

Philippines, leftist rebels declare truces in disaster areas Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:10 PM PST DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippine government and Maoist rebels have declared truces in two southern provinces devastated by a typhoon last week as the army concentrates on relief and many rebels recover from the disaster, a commander said on Monday.

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