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The U.S. military releases few details about the apparent capture by militants in the east. The soldier has been missing since Tuesday.
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The 14-year-old girl believed to be the only survivor of a Yemenia jetliner crash off Comoros was thrown from the plane amid darkness, she tells her father. >>
Yukiya Amano emerges the winner in a months-long competition against a South African rival to head the International Atomic Energy Agency. He is believed to agree with the U.S. stance on Iran. >>
The nation has ratcheted up tension in the region and the world with recent test launches and a nuclear detonation. An anticipated July 4 missile test has spurred the U.S. to upgrade security in Hawai >>
The Organization of American States adopts a resolution threatening to suspend the nation's membership if it does not return President Manuel Zelaya to power within 72 hours. >>
A French investigator says Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight but plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean. >>
A U.S. troop buildup and Pakistan's military offensive are beginning to put a squeeze on Taliban insurgents. >>
The 438 Iraqis who died in violence last month include 68 members of the security forces. The sharp rise in deaths could indicate what's to come now that U.S. troops have pulled back from cities. >>
The man, mistakenly detained, was crammed into a cell with hundreds of others seized in the election unrest. They were threatened by a pistol-wielding young man and interrogated. Some were beaten. >>
With President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad set to be sworn in for another term, his reformist opponents appear to have shifted tactics, seeking to tarnish the government's reputation and credibility. >>
Manuel Zelaya addresses the U.N. General Assembly, but in Honduras, the de facto leaders say he will be arrested if he comes back. Crowds in Tegucigalpa rally on both sides. >>
The blast in a market in the disputed northern city kills at least 33 people and injures 97. It comes as Iraqis mark the U.S. troop pullback, and fans doubts about future security. >>
Many thought the shutdown of gambling halls would never happen. Casinos are now allowed only in designated, far-flung zones, leaving gamblers and workers cursing their luck. >>
The Airbus carrying 153 people plunged into the ocean off the island nation of Comoros. Problems with the plane were pointed out in 2007. >>
In Lahore, such bars have been bombed after warnings from Islamic fundamentalists. The bars, which provide men and women with a place to meet, are considered dens of immorality. >>
Iraq's public auction fails to yield contracts for seven other oil and gas fields. The outcome suggests foreign oil firms aren't as eager to invest in Iraq as the government hoped. >>
Gaza Strip: Israel intercepts activists' ship / Italy: 14 killed in train blast / Spain: Worker arrested in hit on boss / Russia: Probe halted in death of Forbes editor / Belarus: U.S. lawyer freed >>
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says unspecified foes caused the turmoil in which hundreds of thousands of Iranians protested alleged election fraud. A reformist group calls for an end to demonstrations. >>
COLUMN ONE
Mexico's crackdown puts the squeeze on cocaine dealers in British Columbia. Up here, as the violence grows, bodies pile up. >>
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is capable of frank public discourse, but some worry about his ambitions. As U.S. troops pull back, the views from Baqubah and Sadr City may offer clues to the future. >>
Troops chase rock-throwing demonstrators demanding the return of President Manuel Zelaya, who was deposed in a coup the day before. At least 30 people are hurt. >>
Obama administration officials seek a political solution and make no threats of sanctions. >>
But all opposition candidates in the disputed June 12 presidential election say they won't participate; two call it a ploy. >>
Starving prisoners secretively ate insects, he says at prison chief's trial in Cambodia. Only seven of 16,000 inmates are thought to have survived. >>
People sing and dance and set off fireworks to celebrate their 'day of national sovereignty' as U.S. troops prepare to leave cities and hand over security to the Iraqi government. >>
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rules out a Cabinet reshuffle and defends her handling of the economy after the setback in a midterm vote. >>
As the American era in Iraq draws to a close, recent arrests highlight a long-standing problem: ulterior motives for jailing Iraqis. The country's judiciary has ordered an investigation. >>
The head of the Honduran Congress, a foe of President Manuel Zelaya, is named acting president. Global outcry against the coup is growing. >>
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
The panel opens a hearing on allegations of war crimes during Israel's winter assault on the Gaza Strip. Israel refuses to participate, and many Palestinians have doubts. >>
Families trickle back to Buner as markets open and power is restored. It was a front line in the anti-Taliban fight. >>
Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants killed seven policemen in an ambush Sunday after their comrades shot to death two government soldiers in a separate attack in the southern Philippines, security officials said. >>
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