In Iran vote, reformists struggle with few options
This time, there are just a few subdued election placards for candidates considered fully in sync with Iran's ruling clerics. Security forces and paramilitary volunteers are never far away. Mousavi and other opposition leader, Mahdi Karroubi, are under ...

Intelligence Committee Leaders Defend NSA Surveillance
The leaders of the Senate and House Intelligence committees defended the National Security Agency’s phone and internet surveillance programs revealed last week, saying that the programs are “within the law” and have been critical in ...

South Africa: family visits Nelson Mandela
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela received visits from family members on Sunday at a hospital where the former president and anti-apartheid leader was being treated for a recurring lung infection, while South Africans expressed their ...

Yoram Kaniuk, celebrated Israeli author and harsh critic of the country’s policies, dies
Kaniuk was a prize-winning author who published numerous books, many of which were translated into other languages. He wrote about Holocaust survivors, the 1948-49 war that followed Israel’s creation in which he fought, and the Tel Aviv of his childhood.

Tonys 2013: Andrew Lloyd Webber cancels appearance, citing health
Andrew Lloyd Webber said Sunday that health problems had forced him to cancel his scheduled appearance at the Tony Awards ceremony in New York. Lloyd Webber was expected to appear at Sunday's ceremony at Radio City Music Hall as part of a ...

Zimmerman's attorney walks tight line in defense
(AP) — George Zimmerman's lead attorney will be walking a fine line as he tries ... the jury that Zimmerman pulled his 9 mm handgun and fired a bullet into the Miami-area high school student's chest because he feared for his life and that ...