Islamists fought protesters outside the Egyptian president's palace on Wednesday, while inside the building his deputy proposed a way to end a crisis over a draft constitution that has split the most populous Arab nation.

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Washington fears a "desperate" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could use chemical weapons as rebels bear down on Damascus, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday, repeating a vow to take swift action if he

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A gas blast in a south-west China coal mine left 17 people dead Wednesday, state press said of the latest accident in the dangerous industry. The explosion occurred at the Shangchang Coal Mine in Yunnan

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Italy's highest court has accepted a complaint over the wire-tapping of the president as part of an inquiry into negotiations between state officials and the Mafia, Italian media reported on Wednesday. President Giorgio Napolitano asked

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Britain's interior ministry has won permission to appeal against a decision by judges to block the extradition of terror suspect Abu Qatada to Jordan, a spokesman said on Wednesday. A judge accepted the Home Office's

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A US daily has apologised to readers, saying a longtime reporter admitted to fabricating names of people used in dozens of articles dating back at least to 1998. The Cape Cod Times, based in Massachusetts,

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The US Senate unanimously passed the Pentagon's 2013 budget on Tuesday, despite a political impasse over debt reduction that could see huge cuts to military spending next year. After months of negotiations, lawmakers voted 98-0

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Serbia and Kosovo struck key political deals Tuesday in talks to ease Western Balkans' tension, agreeing to jointly manage crossings on their flashpoint border and send liaison officers to each others' capitals. European Union foreign

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The head of Serbia's mission to Nato has died, the country's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, with Serbian media reporting that he had committed suicide at Brussels airport. Nato has its headquarters in the Belgian capital.

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Kuwait's ruler reappointed Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah as prime minister on Wednesday and asked him to form a government, the state news agency KUNA said, after a parliamentary election boycotted by the opposition. The Gulf

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