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Naked attacker was chewing on man's face before police fatally shot him

Mon, 28 May 2012 13:53 -0400

Witness says the attacker growled at police as they tried to stop him

Egypt's run-off election pits Islamist against Mubarak ally

Mon, 28 May 2012 11:25 -0400

The electoral committee confirmed that the Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi and ex-air force chief Ahmed Shafiq had proceeded to the second round of the presidential vote

Tony Blair admits cozy ties with Murdoch crucial to political success

Doug Saunders — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:09 -0400

The tabloid-reader vote, the former prime minister conceded, was crucial to his Labour victories, and he had to go through the media mogul to get that vote

Is China finally confronting its dark history?

Mark MacKinnon — Mon, 28 May 2012 9:55 -0400

The front page of a weekly magazine takes a critical look at Mao’s Great Leap Forward, with no resistance from Beijing

Explosion rattles Kenya's capital, 28 wounded

Jason Straziuso and Tom Odula — Mon, 28 May 2012 9:30 -0400

While police officials indicated the blast was not a deliberate bombing but some sort of electrical accident, the prime minister appeared to blame terrorism

New 'cyberwarfare' virus found in Middle East: researchers

Jim Finkle — Mon, 28 May 2012 9:23 -0400

Security experts at Kaspersky Lab say potent ‘Flame’ data-stealing program has been lurking undetected for five years

China's Communist party expels former railways minister

CHRISTOPHER BODEEN — Mon, 28 May 2012 9:12 -0400

The party's discipline body said the former railways minister, Liu Zhijun, had taken massive bribes and abused his authority

Why a 'Yemen-style' solution may not work in Syria

Patrick Martin — Mon, 28 May 2012 8:33 -0400

Syrians are eyeing the possibility of allowing President al-Assad to relinquish power in return for safe exit, much like what unfolded in Yemen - but complications abound

Turkish court charges Israeli military members over Gaza blockade deaths

SELCAN HACAOGLU — Mon, 28 May 2012 8:29 -0400

The court in Istanbul voted unanimously to approve an indictment against Israel's former military chief along with the heads of its navy, air force and military intelligence

Sherpas recover body of Canadian climber who died on Everest

Oliver Moore — Mon, 28 May 2012 7:43 -0400

The body of Shriya Shah-Klorfine is now at Camp 2, which can be reached by helicopter

'Shocked and horrified' Annan appeals for calm after Syrian massacre

Bassem Mroue — Mon, 28 May 2012 7:34 -0400

Russia, Syria’s strongest ally, has hinted Moscow could increase pressure on Bashar al-Assad to abide by the peace plan

Pope's butler pledges 'full co-operation' in leaked documents scandal

VICTOR L. SIMPSON — Mon, 28 May 2012 6:47 -0400

The pope’s butler, arrested for allegedly leaking papal documents, did not act alone, according to media reports

Former British PM Tony Blair says he feared provoking media wrath

Raphael Satter — Mon, 28 May 2012 5:58 -0400

Former prime minister’s relationship with the press, and Rupert Murdoch in particular, comes under scrutiny at media inquiry

Australian bandits seek grandma's cash after teen posts photo on Facebook

Mon, 28 May 2012 4:28 -0400

Two masked bandits rob wrong home hours after granddaughter posted photo of ‘large sum of cash’ she had helped count

Justin Bieber wanted for questioning after scuffle with photographer

Mon, 28 May 2012 1:14 -0400

Police say incident happened when photographer tried to snap pictures of Bieber and his girlfriend, actress Selena Gomez