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The opening theme's the same and the concept's no different, but "Arab Idol" is much more than just a popular singing competition.

North Korea's bipolar swings between nuclear provocation and fawning overtures for talks now form part of a familiar pattern.

There's a new menace lurking in the streets of London -- exploding sidewalks.

After a chorus of cries for social justice echoed through the streets of Brazil for days, protesters called for a time out Wednesday. Despite the anticipated lull in street marches, the government will beef up security with the deployment of elite police officers and firefighters.

A man stood silently in Istanbul's Taksim Square for hours Monday night, defying police who had broken up weekend anti-government protests with tear gas and water cannon and drawing hundreds of others to his vigil.

Afghan forces formally took over security responsibilities for their country from NATO-led troops on Tuesday, marking a key transition in the long and costly war. What does it mean for Afghanistan and the U.S.?

Nine cents have been enough to make tens of thousands of Brazilians cry foul for a week.

A dolphin who died in the southern Chinese city of Sanya Monday has sparked nationwide anger after pictures surfaced of tourists near the shore mistreating and posing with the dying animal were spread on Weibo, China's most popular social network site.