-
Rice set to make history in Libya
When Condoleezza Rice spends a few hours in Libya and shakes hands with Moammar Gadhafi, she will close a nearly three-decade era of bitter animosity between the United States and the North African nation that has sometimes gotten personal.
-
Pakistani officials report missile strike
Pakistani officials say an explosion has destroyed at least one house near the Afghan border, killing several suspected foreign militants.
-
Pakistan lawmakers to choose Musharraf replacement
The real question in Pakistan's presidential election is not who the winner will be but whether the new leader will be any more successful than his predecessor in tackling extremism and economic malaise.
-
Rescuers can't get aid to starving Haitian city
The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. base toward a flooded, starving and seething city Thursday, carrying some of the first food aid since Tropical Storm Hanna killed 137 Haitians and drowned Gonaives in muddy water three days ago.
-
US naval flagship to arrive in Georgian port
The U.S. Embassy says the flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet is to arrive in the Georgian port of Poti on Friday.
-
Nuclear envoys to gather over North Korea impasse
Top nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan were to converge in Beijing on Friday to discuss the worsening impasse over North Korea's nuclear programs as Pyongyang took steps seen as reversing its promised disarmament.
-
Pop star's slaying turns sordid political drama
It's the Mideast version of a sordid soap opera. A Lebanese pop star is brutally murdered in her luxury Dubai apartment, her throat slashed. Arrested in her death: One of Egypt's most politically connected businessmen, accused of paying $2 million to have her killed.
-
Magazine: Russia's Putin sexy, but not that sexy
He reportedly saved a TV crew from the jaws of a tiger and flexed his muscles before cameras in Siberia.
-
Blair to AP: West Bank downward spiral halted
Tony Blair toured a Palestinian aluminum factory Thursday and was told it runs at one-third capacity because of Israeli import restrictions. He promised he'll take it up with Israeli authorities.
-
Aso announces bid to lead Japan's ruling party
Japan's brash, right-leaning former foreign minister announced Friday that he would run for ruling party president in a move that would put him on track to take over as Japan's next prime minister.
![[+]](http://wwwcache.wral.com/presentation/v1/images/more_icon.gif){kind=icon}
STORIES
VIDEOS
SLIDESHOWS
IMAGES
BLOG POSTS