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  • A petrol bomb explodes over riot police during clashes in Athens, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Riots engulfed central Athens and at least 10 buildings went up in flames in mass protests late Sunday as lawmakers prepared for a historic parliamentary vote on harsh austerity measures demanded to keep the country solvent and within the eurozone. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

    Fires burn in Athens as parliament approves harsh economic bill

    By Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

    Greece’s parliament has approved an austerity and debt-relief bill, crucial for the country to avoid bankruptcy and remain in the eurozone. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Private investigator Jose Antonio Perez snuffs out fraud for insurers in Spain. His workload has increased 45 percent since a financial crisis began a few years ago. (Associated Press)

    Desperate Spaniards steal, run cons

    By Daniel Woolls - Associated Press

    Leather seats are disappearing from cars. Precious jewels are vanishing from drawers. TVs are spirited out of homes in the dead of night. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • The Syrian flag and a sign in Arabic that reads "the Syrian Arabic Republic" mark the empty chair of the Syrian representative during the Arab League Syria Group and foreign ministers meeting Sunday in Cairo. The group is seeking to halt the bloodshed in the rebellion against President Bashar Assad. (Associated Press)

    Arab League seeks U.N. monitor

    By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

    The Arab League called Sunday for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria, the latest effort by the regional group to end the 11-month-old crisis that has killed more than 5,000 people. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Iran’s leaders urge Hamas to not let up resisting Israel

    By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

    Iran’s leaders urged the Hamas prime minister of Gaza to continue the Islamic militant group’s resistance against Israel and promised support, state TV reported Sunday. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Embassy Row

    By James Morrison - The Washington Times

    The Vatican’s new ambassador to the United States was at the center of explosive allegations about corruption at the Holy See just before Pope Benedict XVI sent him to Washington. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Afghan private security handover looking messy

    By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

    The push by Afghanistan’s president to nationalize legions of private security guards before the end of March is encouraging corruption and jeopardizing multibillion-dollar aid projects, according to companies trying to make the switch. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • A fire rages in a Eurobank branch that was set ablaze during riots in Athens on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Protesters and police fought running battles in the city center as Greek lawmakers debated legislation that would introduce severe austerity measures to stave off bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

    Buildings set ablaze in Greece before debt vote

    By Demetris Nellas and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

    Rioting spread across central Athens, and at least seven buildings went up in flames amid mass protests late Sunday, as lawmakers debated harsh cutbacks demanded to keep the country solvent and within the eurozone. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

Recent Articles

  • Man to face Ala. trial in wife's diving death in Australia

    By Jay Reeves - Associated Press

    A dream honeymoon to scuba dive on Australia's Great Barrier Reef turned into a terrible nightmare, and the horror is about to play out years later in a courtroom in Alabama. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Fuel removal under way on Italian cruise ship

    By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

    Underwater pumping operations began Sunday to remove some of the 500,000 gallons of fuel aboard the Costa Concordia, officials said, nearly a month after the cruise ship ran aground off Tuscany. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Iran urges Hamas to continue fight against Israel

    By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

    Iran's leaders urged the Hamas prime minister of Gaza to continue the Islamic militant group's resistance against Israel and promised support, state TV reported on Sunday. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • U.K. official: Press must face tougher penalties

    By David Stringer - Associated Press

    Britain's government minister responsible for the media said Sunday the country's press must face tougher penalties for breaches of standards in the wake of the tabloid phone-hacking scandal. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • U.S. sex-abuse lawsuit against Vatican dismissed

    By Associated Press

    Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have withdrawn their lawsuit naming Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials as defendants. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • World Briefs

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

    State Gov. Henrique Capriles handily won a primary vote Sunday to become the single candidate who will challenge Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, launching a race to try to dislodge a leader who after 13 years in power still has a loyal following. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Briefing Page: Europe

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

    Thousands of people took to the Spanish capital's streets in support of a judge who won global fame for taking on international human rights cases but now has been barred from the bench for ordering jailhouse wiretaps. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • 9 die in Kosovo avalanche; child pulled out alive

    By Florent Bajrami - Associated Press

    Rescuers have pulled a 5-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house flattened by a massive avalanche that killed both her parents and at least seven of her relatives in a remote mountain village in southern Kosovo. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Hamas strongman in Gaza rejects unity deal

    By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

    A rare public rift broke open Sunday in the usually tightly disciplined Islamic movement Hamas over a reconciliation deal that would require it to relinquish key areas of control in the Gaza Strip. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Al Qaeda urges Muslims to help Syrian rebels

    By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

    Al Qaeda's chief has called on Muslims from other countries to support rebels in Syria seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad, saying they cannot depend on the West for help. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Gunmen kill provincial judge, child in Afghanistan

    By Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

    Gunmen burst into a family home of a provincial judge in eastern Afghanistan, killing him and his niece in the latest assassination of an Afghan government official, authorities said Sunday. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

  • Militants decry attacks against Pakistani military

    By Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

    Pakistan's leading militants have called on fighters to honor an agreement not to attack the Pakistani military in the most important sanctuary for the Taliban and al Qaeda along the Afghan border. Published February 12, 2012 Comments

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