10 University of California students convicted of misdemeanor after last year's incident in which they interrupted Oren's speech, shouting 'killers'.
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U.S. man charged in Pentagon, Capitol terror plot
Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, accused of planning to use remote-controlled aircraft filled with plastic explosives to attack sites in Washington, D.C.
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Muslim students who heckled Israeli envoy Oren: We have no regrets
Erdogan signals joint Turkish-Iranian action against Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Turkish Prime Minister says 'there will be a price' to Kurdish attacks from bases Northern Iraq; says U.S. likely to sell drones to Turkey.
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Yemeni President Saleh calls for early elections, vows to end violence
On Friday, Saleh returned to Sana'a after more than three months in Saudi Arabia recovering from an attack on his presidential palace.
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Hikers released from Iran prison arrive in U.S.
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal made the last leg of their journey home from Oman, where they had flown after officials there secured their release from Iran with one million dollar bail.
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Putin to run for Russia presidency in 2012
Current Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announces he will bow to his mentor in March's election.
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French protest leader tells Israeli activist: don't separate social issues from politics
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, one of the leaders of the 1968 student protest in France, says that money for West Bank settlements deprive Israel of money for social welfare.
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Fashion powerhouse Hugo Boss issues formal apology for its Nazi past
According to recent study findings, the company forced a total of 140 Poles and 40 French prisoners of war to work for Boss during the Holocaust. They were housed in a camp in one area of the factory, and lived in extremely poor conditions.
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Have CERN scientists managed to exceed the speed of light?
If measurements showing neutrinos moving 60 nanoseconds quicker than light are confirmed, modern phyics as we know it may be turned on its head.
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Two Americans held in Iran on espionage charges reunite with families
Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer arrive late in Oman under a $1 million bail-for-freedom deal to the embraces of relatives.
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Controversial Ground Zero Islamic center holds inaugural exhibition
Developer of the center, situated two blocks from the World Trade Center site, says it is modeled after the Jewish Community Center on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
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French Muslim woman flouts veil ban, announces presidential bid
Woman's battle against face veil ban joins growing attack on the law that has banned the garments from the streets of France since April.
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WikiLeaks founder's autobiography released against his will in U.K.
An unauthorized autobiography of Julian Assange includes allegations by the WikiLeaks founder that rape charges against him are part of an attempt to 'set him up.'
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Perry seeks to race ahead in Republican cash race
Perry's meteoric rise in the polls since jumping in the race last month and his thick Rolodex of wealthy Texan backers as a three-term governor are key drivers making him a fundraising force against Romney.
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Former Afghan president assassinated; Karzai cancels UN visit
Burhanuddin Rabbani was also the Afghan peace council tasked with trying to negotiate a political end to the Afghanistan war; presidential adviser badly wounded.
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U.S. Republican presidential hopeful takes aim at Obama's Israel policy
In speech to be delivered later Tuesday, Rick Perry expected to say that U.S. President's demands from Israel have emboldened the Palestinians.
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U.K. police arrest seven during counter-terrorism raids
Six men arrested by British police on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism; woman arrested on suspicion of failing to disclose information that could prevent act of terrorism.
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Sudan, South Sudan sign security deal over tense border
World's newest country and the state it split away from two months ago act to stem rising violence on their shared border.
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Strauss-Kahn says regrets 'inappropriate' sexual encounter with N.Y. hotel maid
In first interview since rape allegations emerged, former IMF chief says whatever 'happened involved neither violence, force, aggression or any criminal act.'
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Ex-IRA leader Martin McGuinness seeks Irish presidency
Sinn Fein leader will be questioned over his past involvement in the IRA; McGuinness claimed he left in the early 1970s, while some historians says he remained active into the twenty-first century.
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Report: London Philharmonic suspends musicians for anti-Israel remarks
According to The Guardian, musicians sanctioned after they signed a letter condemning the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as an instrument of Israeli propaganda.
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