NICOSIA:  Queen Sofia of Spain arrived in Cyprus, Wednesday.An important exhibition of works of Spanish Catalan painter Joan Miro will be inaugurated in Nicosia tonight in her presence. President Demetris Christofias will also attend the opening. On at the...

JAKARTA — A top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been killed in a shootout with police at an Internet cafe, the president confirmed.Dulmatin, a 39-year-old Indonesian trained by al-Qaida in Afghanistan who goes by one...

 PHILADELPHIA  — An American woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said.Authorities said...

RAMALLAH— Israel's new plan to build 1,600 apartments for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday.Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their...

ISLAMABAD - Suspected Islamist militants attacked the office of a U.S.-based Christian aid agency in Pakistan on Wednesday with a bomb and gunfire on Wednesday, killing 5 people, police said.U.S. ally Pakistan is battling al Qaeda-linked militants who have launched a string of attacks over the past...

WASHINGTON - The Cyprus problem was among the issues discussed at the White House between US President Barack Obama and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who is currently visiting the United States.Speaking after the meeting, Papandreou said he assured Obama of his support to President of the...

ISTANBUL — A security officer guarding the Ukrainian consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday shot and injured an armed man who claimed to be carrying a bomb, Istanbul Gov. Muammer Guler said.Guler said the man, a Turk, tried to enter the building because of a personal grievance concerning his wife in...

BEIRUT  — Lebanon's rival political groups have resumed national reconciliation talks and Hezbollah's weapons are a main topic on the agenda.Leaders of more than a dozen factions are meeting at the presidential palace for Tuesday's talks headed by President Michel Suleiman. The dialogue is...

PORT-AU-PRINCE — A U.S. missionary held for more than a month in Haiti on kidnapping charges flew back to the United States after being released from prison, while the leader of her Baptist group remained in custody.Charisa Coulter and Laura Silsby were the last two missionaries still in custody of...

LONDON — A British minister says the government may reveal more about why convicted child murderer Jon Venables was taken back into custody nine years after he was released on parole.Venables and his friend Robert Thompson were only 10 when they lured toddler James Bulger away from a shopping...