Syrian activists: Government assault kills 200 people in Homs

BEIRUT (AP) -- In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday....

The U.N. Security Council plans to vote on a much-negotiated resolution backing an Arab peace plan for Syria on Saturday, a day after government forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in Homs.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Missile defense, an issue that has poisoned U.S.-Russia relations, could be a 'game-changer' that transforms ties if the two sides cooperate on a shared system, says a report by former top officials from both sides of the Atlantic.

SITAPUR, India (AP) -- One of India's most powerful and controversial politicians rises from a throne-like armchair, a clutch of candidates standing deferentially behind her and two large portraits flanking the stage. A gated semicircle keeps tens of thousands of supporters 20 yards (meters) away....