World
As Karzai begins new term, monumental challenges loom
KABUL — On the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's...
As channels open up, relief flows more quickly into Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On the ninth day, deeply needed aid streamed into Haiti's ravaged capital in quantities that relief agencies said is a clear sign of progress...
‘We can help ourselves’: Haitians organize their own relief efforts
PETIONVILLE, Haiti — In the hillside suburb of Petionville, the sports bar Muncheez is best known for its pizza and pool tables...
Haiti business community seeks to help rebuild economy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A few blocks from where men lined up for backbreaking jobs digging corpses from the rubble for about $3 a day, a hotel was selling a ham sandwich for five times that amount...
Subway bombing latest blow in war between Russia, militants
MOSCOW — The suicide bombs that roared through Moscow...
Attack on Shiite procession in Pakistan kills at least 20
ISLAMABAD — At least 20 people were killed Monday in a bombing of a Shiite Muslim religious procession in Karachi, Pakistan's...
U.S. citizens arrested while helping Haitian orphans, church member says
Sean Lankford said his wife and daughter were among 10 people arrested at the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic as they were moving 33 orphans to new housing...
Moscow airport bomb kills at least 31, injures more than 130
MOSCOW — An apparent terrorist bombing Monday at a crowded arrivals terminal at an airport near Moscow left at least 31 people dead and more than 130 injured, Russian officials said...
U.N. to scale back in Kabul as it ponders better security
KABUL — A week after a jarring pre-dawn attack killed five...
Trial for accused in Japan stabbing rampage to hinge on criminal...
TOKYO — The 10th and final arraignment procedure before the trial this month of Tomohiro Kato, who was indicted on homicide and other charges stemming from his alleged indiscriminate rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district in 2008, has been completed at the Tokyo ...
Gunmen kill at least 13 at Mexico party full of teen...
MEXICO CITY — Gunmen stormed a party packed with teenage revelers in Ciudad Juarez early Sunday, killing at least 13 people in the latest spasm of violence to slam the border city, authorities said...
