Ai Weiwei Heavy Metal Video Rants Against State Control

(BEIJING) -- The opening moments of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s new video (available on the artist’s website ) set the tone... Read More

In Apparent Anti-Gay Protest, Man Commits Suicide in Notre Dame

(PARIS) -- The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was evacuated and closed for four hours on Tuesday after a man shot himself dead near the altar. Dominique Venner, a 78-year-old Frenc... Read More

Iraq's Spate of Sectarian Violence Continues

(BAGHDAD) -- Deadly attacks driven by sectarian tensions slowed somewhat in Iraq on Tuesday, although officials there say that bombings still took the lives of 20 people while injuring at least 100... Read More

UN-Arab League Envoy Has Hopes for Syrian Peace Summit

(CAIRO) -- The United Nations-Arab League mediator in charge of trying to find a solution to the two-year conflict in Syria expressed optimism on Tuesday that officials from President Bashar al-Ass... Read More

Group Condemns Prosecution of Afghan Women for 'Moral Crimes'

(NEW YORK) -- Human Rights Watch on Tuesday decried the latest surge of "moral crimes" in Afghanistan, in which women and girls are actually punished for offenses perpetrated against them by men.... Read More

Iran Rejects Ahmadinejad's Possible Successor

(TEHRAN, Iran) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s pick to succeed him won't be doing that. Iran's Guardian Council decided on Tuesday that Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close... Read More

New Evidence of Iran Support to Assad, While Congress Moves to Arm Rebels

(WASHINGTON) -- The United States has new evidence that Iran and Hezbollah have direct involvement with the Syrian regime, a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Secretary... Read More

US Lawmakers Traveling to Russia to Investigate Boston Bombing

(MOSCOW) -- A delegation of American lawmakers will travel to Russia next week in part to investigate last month’s Boston Marathon bombings, ABC News has learned. The group, led by... Read More

Syria Fires at Israeli Vehicle, Raising Fears

(TEL AVIV) -- The Syrian military said on Tuesday that it fired on an Israeli army jeep in the contested Golan Heights in the early hours of the morning, destroying it. Israel said the j... Read More

Hotel Offers 24-Carat Gold iPads

(DUBAI) -- A hotel that bills itself as the world’s most luxurious is giving guests the ultimate in over-the-top amenities: a 24-carat gold iPad at check in. Dubai’s Burj Al... Read More