The fate of the fighters and many of the captives remained uncertain, and dueling claims from the military and the militants have muddied the world's understanding of an event that angered Western leaders.
-Blouin World: Algeria hostage crisis fallout of France’s Mali intervention

European leaders agree that the Islamist radicals controlling a vast swath of northern Mali pose a global threat.

Japan's benchmark stock index toppled off a 32-month high Wednesday after the yen's slide went into reverse.

The private delegation of Google's Eric Schmidt and former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has been criticized for "hijacking" U.S. diplomacy.

Two years after a hostage video and photographs of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson raised the possibility that the missing American was being held by terrorists, U.S. officials now see the government of Iran behind the images.

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Markets have been on edge as President Barack Obama and Republican leaders squabble over how to reduce the U.S. government's budget deficit.

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