U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is welcoming the announcements of a temporary cease-fire in Syria for this weekend's Muslim holiday and is urging all countries and groups with influence to pressure all parties to stop the violence.
The Taliban's reclusive leader says insurgents will increase the number of insider attacks against coalition and Afghan forces, which have resulted in the deaths of at least 52 coalition troops so far this year.
The Obama administration is cautiously welcoming the possibility of a temporary cease-fire in Syria, saying it hopes calm might lead to political transition.
According to a government document, two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant group was claiming responsibility for the violence that killed the U.S. ambassador.
A military judge at Guantanamo has been forced to put in the USS Cole bombing case on hold because of a dispute over whether the accused has to be in court.
Four top Italian disaster experts have quit their jobs, saying the convictions of several former colleagues for failing to adequately warn of a deadly 2009 earthquake means they can't properly perform their duties.
Police say a 41-year-old car washer shocked his family when he interrupted a funeral being held for him at his mother's home in the town of Alagoinhas in northeastern Brazil.
A pirate commander in Somalia says that a cargo ship was freed after being held captive for nearly two years. Six hostages are still being held by the pirates on land.
America sent a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on a cruise through the South China Sea, projecting its power in waters that are fast becoming a focal point of its strategic rivalry with Beijing.
French rescue services and police are evacuating hundreds of pilgrims from hotels threatened by floodwaters from a rain-swollen river in the Roman Catholic shrine town of Lourdes.
An anti-settlement group says Israel is moving forward with plans to build a military college on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, an area claimed by the Palestinians for a future state and steeped in Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious lore.
The office of the Libyan prime minister has announced that slain Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's former spokesman has been captured at a checkpoint outside the besieged town of Bani Walid.
Lebanese Red Cross and security officials say a car bomb in east Beirut has killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years.