News & Politics (int'l)

Iranian students planned a large anti-U.K. demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday to demand that the British ambassador be sent home immediately.

Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of killing 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in Norway in July, is insane, police said Tuesday.

Pakistan, seething over the NATO killing last week of two dozen of its troops, has decided to boycott an upcoming conference on the future of Afghanistan.

Reveling in their opportunity to vote in a post-Mubarak era, Egyptians headed to the polls Tuesday for the second day of the country's parliamentary elections.

Rival revolutionary brigades remain almost entirely responsible for security in Libya, posing that country's most pressing challenge, according to the top United Nations envoy in Libya and a new U.N. report.

Vote counting was under way Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo after millions went to the polls in the giant nation's second postwar election amid logistical challenges.

Prince Harry has returned to England from military training in the United States, the British defense ministry said Tuesday.

The Israeli military said rockets were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel on Monday and that its troops returned fire.

Gary Giordano, a U.S. citizen held in Aruba in connection with the disappearance of a Maryland woman, is expected to be set free Tuesday after weeks in detention.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday that one of Colombia's most wanted drug traffickers, Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias "El Valenciano," has been captured in Venezuelan territory.

With the death of Gadhafi, Libyans now face the challenges of repairing the war-ravaged country and building a democratic system from the ruins.

A Soyuz rocket was launched Friday morning from a European space base in South America after a delay over a fueling hitch.

Thailand's prime minister asked all Bangkok residents to move their belongings to higher ground as government workers fought to contain flooding inching toward the capital city.

David Gergen and Michael Zuckerman say the Libyan dictator's demise isn't likely to greatly boost President Obama's standing, although it provides some grist for his campaign.

Dictators around the Middle East should pay close attention to the fate of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, opposition activists from Syria and Yemen said Thursday as reports of Gadhafi's death flashed across the world.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will continue "frank" talks with Pakistani officials Friday, a day after urging the nation's prime minister to strengthen efforts to combat terrorism, senior State Department officials said.

A 2-year-old Chinese girl -- who was ignored after being hit by two cars last week, later sparking a fierce debate about the state of China's morals -- has died, a nurse at a military hospital said.

AP - The first Mexican carrier to deliver goods in the U.S. interior under a long-delayed free-trade provision is scheduled to enter the country at Laredo, Texas, shortly after midday Friday.

The Basque separatist group ETA announced Thursday a "definitive cessation of its armed activity" in a statement published on the website of Gara, a newspaper that the group has used to convey messages in the past.

AP - Drug violence escalated Thursday in two Mexican regions when a vehicle exploded during a car chase in the northern city of Monterrey and later eight bodies were dumped in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.