Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried
AP - 4 hours ago

(AP) - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns
AP - 4 hours ago

(AP) - NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001.

Honduras rejects OAS appeal to restore president
AP - 2 hours ago

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras' Supreme Court has rejected an ultimatum to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power.

Myanmar denies UN chief's request to see Suu Kyi
AP - 5 hours ago

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon could leave Myanmar empty-handed after apparently failing to win any concessions Friday from the country's top military ruler or to gain permission to visit opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in jail.

Russia to allow US arms shipments to Afghanistan
AP - 6 hours ago

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.

Protesters block Paris airport over Yemen crash
AP - 3 hours ago

PARIS (AP) - Protesters linked arms across an entrance at Paris' main airport on Friday to keep passengers off a Yemeni flight to Comoros — a route that saw a deadly crash this week, after years of complaints about dangerous conditions on the flight path to the Indian Ocean island nation.

Prosecutors: Demjanjuk fit to stand trial
AP - 7 hours ago

MUNICH (AP) - John Demjanjuk moved one step closer to another trial after German prosecutors said Friday that doctors had deemed the 89-year-old fit to go to court on charges of being accessory to murder at the Sobibor Nazi death camp.

Officials: 17 die in US missile strike in Pakistan
AP - 8 hours ago

ISLAMABAD (AP) - U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence officials said.

Russia-US summit a chance to jumpstart ties
AP - 7 hours ago

MOSCOW (AP) - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will likely sign a stack of agreements during their Moscow summit, but their chief goal may be for the United States and Russia to stop acting like adversaries — even if they can't be friends.

Gen. Petraeus says Taliban is a resilient enemy
AP - 2 hours ago

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province to battle the Taliban are in for a tough fight.