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Iraqis arrested for backing protests on Facebook: HRW

Iraqi security forces in a western province unaffected by anti-government protests are detaining people for posting messages of solidarity with the rallies, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. At least two people have been arrested and a third interrogated in Anbar province, a Sunni-majority...

30 years after Berlin Wall fell, East-West divides remain

BERLIN (AP) — The walls of the Bornholmer Huette pub were last painted in 1973, a light beige that has gradually cracked and darkened into a caramel brown from decades of cigarette smoke. The "Huette," as regulars call it, has been in Matthias Gehrhus' family since 1954 and he doesn't...

Indian capital banishes some cars in hope of clearing the air

Authorities in the Indian capital on Monday banished from the roads cars with number plates ending in an odd number in a bid to cut hazardous air pollution shrouding the city. The U.S. Embassy air quality index, which measures the concentration of tiny PM 2.5 particles, exceeded 500,...