Officials: Airstrike kills 3 militants in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike early Sunday killed at least three suspected associates of a warlord who is fighting Western troops in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.
Japan frees 14 crew members of Chinese ship
A Chinese fishing boat, left, accompanied by a Japan Coast Guard boat, right, is led into a port on Ishigaki island, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday, Sept.
‘Last Chance’ Mideast Peace Talks Resume
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is shepherding Mideast talks this week and she says they could be the last chance for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Greece moves to reassure investors
Prime Minister George Papandreou offered no handouts to austerity-weary Greeks but gave some relief to companies struggling with recession in a main speech on the economy
Basel sets banks new capital rules
Global banking regulators in Basel, Switzerland have reached a deal on key parts of a major capital reform package in one of the most important rule changes to emerge from the financial crisis
a oeU.S. Agents are Shooting Mexican Migrantsa Asserts Mexican Felipe – Hispanically Speaking News
Mexican President Felipe Calderon and El Salvador President Mauricio Funes met to discuss the problem of migrant safety after the massacre of 72 mostly Central Americans migrants at the hands of Mexican drug cartels.
Microsoft complicit in Russian anti-dissident raids: NYT
Software piracy is a big problem for Microsoft, but on Sunday the New York Times reported that Russia is using piracy as an excuse to shut down dissident activity.
Turkey: Majority vote for constitutional changes
Turks were voting in large numbers for changes to a military-era constitution that the government says are a key step in Turkey’s path to full democracy, according to nearly complete returns Sunday.
A barge has leaked some 100 tons of gasoline into the Nile River in southern Egypt after it became partially submerged while workers unloaded its cargo.
Christian worshippers attacked in Indonesia
Police say assailants on motorcycles have stabbed a Christian worshipper in the stomach and pounded a minister in the head with a wooden plank near a former church outside Jakarta.
Aircraft carrier contracts revealed
More than 100 contracts totalling around 1.25 billion have been awarded towards the construction of the two new aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, figures have revealed.
Anguished YouTube diaries reunite estranged couple
A series of videos, a sort of YouTube diary from Kelly Summers, 53, a U.K. woman distraught over the end of her relationship with Keith Tallis, 55, have reunited the couple.
Greek prime minister: no new austerity measures
The Greek government is planning no new austerity measures as part of efforts to pull the country out of debt and might even exit international supervision earlier than expected, the prime minister said Sunday.
Schwarzenegger tries out China’s high-speed rail
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is engaging in a little window-shopping of China’s new high-speed train lines while peddling Californian exports and tourism in the world’s second-largest economy.
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