Egypt Aid On The Brink .. Morsi's Murder Trial.. Nuke Plant Mishap

U.S. Expected To Slash Aid To Egyptian Government

U.S. Expected To Slash Aid To Egyptian Government

U.S. officials said Wednesday that the Obama administration is poised to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt. The announcement is expected this week, once official notifications have been made to all interested parties.

Tragic Drawings

Murder Trial

Syria's Chemical Weapons Recovery Unprecedented In Scale

The chief of the world's chemical weapons watchdog says the organization has to visit more than 20 sites in Syria as part of the unprecedented international mission to destroy the country's poison gas arsenal, including some where it may be necessary to negotiate cease-fires before they can gain access.

Radioactive Water Splashes 6 Workers In Nuke Plant Mishap

Six workers at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant have been accidentally doused with highly radioactive water, the plant operator said Wednesday, adding to a growing list of mishaps that are shaking confidence in the utility's ability to handle the crisis.

World Cheers Malala, But Pakistanis Remain Ambivalent

One year after a Taliban bullet tried to silence Malala Yousafzai's demand for girls' education, she has published a book and is a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the militants threaten to kill her should she dare return home to Pakistan, and the principal at her old school says that as Malala's fame has grown, so has fear in her classrooms.

Profile Of Target In Somalia Raid Emerges

Ikrima, the militant targeted by U.S. special forces in a failed weekend raid, is a Somali-based thinker, planner and operator who has relentlessly plotted attacks on neighbouring Kenya, intelligence services and analysts believe.

Activists Stage Topless Protest Over Abortion Law Reform

Women from the feminist group Femen have staged a topless protest in the Spanish Parliament against the conservative government's planned abortion law reform.