North and South Korean naval ships have fired on each other off the western coast of the peninsula. Each claims the other side violated their territorial waters. (Nov 10)
A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage on Monday, the first signal that Tehran intends to put them on trial. (Nov. 9)
Germany's capital was packed with special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Monday. Chancellor Angela Merkel retraced the steps she took in 1989, speaking at Bornholmer Strasse subway station. (Nov 09)
Media access to the Dalai Lama appeared to be restricted Monday, as he continued a week-long visit to a disputed border region near Tibet. China had asked that his trip be cancelled entirely, but India refused. (09 November 2009)
With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell. (Nov. 9)
Damage and destruction from a weekend storm is now responsible for the deaths of more than 100 people in parts of El Salvador. Another 60 people remain missing. (Nov. 9)
A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor blew himself up Sunday in a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 other people. (Nov. 8)
A tentative forecast track shows Tropical Storm Ida, packing winds of up to 60 miles per hour, could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast early in the week. (Nov. 7)
Two days of heavy rains have caused massive flooding in the northern coast of Australia. (Nov. 7)
Award winning French chocolatier Patrick Roger is commemorating the fall of communism with a fifteen meter long and nine hundred kilogram chocolate reproduction of the Berlin Wall. (Nov. 06)
Afghans were protesting what they said were civilian deaths in the south and the east of the country Thursday. Meanwhile, the U.N. announced it was relocating staff following a deadly attack on one of its guest houses in the capital. (Nov 05)
Australian farmers in the outback of Western Queensland are under siege from a kangaroo plague, with the drought-ravaged animals moving into towns, desperate for food. (Nov. 5)
The fall of the Berlin Wall changed personal landscapes as well as political maps. One couple living an ordinary life along the German-Polish border managed to turn the clock back decades. (Nov 05)
Three female spectacled bears in a zoo in the Eastern German city of Leipzig have suddenly lost nearly all their fur. (Nov. 05)
A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qualify for prize money in a two (m) million US dollar competition to test the fiction concept of space elevators. (Nov. 05)
Opposition protesters returned to the streets of Tehran Wednesday for the first time in nearly two months, clashing with security forces just blocks from a government rally to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. (Nov. 4)
Coup-plotter Simon Mann has returned to Britain after being pardoned in Equatorial Guinea. Mann is urging U.K. prosecutors to file charges against others, including the son of former British Prime Minister Thatcher. (Nov 04)
Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas — the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered. (Nov. 4)
President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel -- the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, Barack Obama, Sr. (Nov. 3)
Radovan Karadzic attended a U.N. war crimes court for the first time on Tuesday. The court had been proceeding hearing charges against the former Bosnian Serb leader in his absence. (Nov 03)
Afghanistan's president welcomed his new term by reaching out to opponents Tuesday and promising to banish the corruption that has undermined his administration. (Nov. 3)
Police have released a new video about Madeleine McCann, the young girl who went missing from a Portuguese resort in May, 2007. The video includes new computer generated images of what she might look like as a six-year-old. (03 November 2009)
Israeli authorities have arrested a Jewish-American extremist suspected of carrying out a series of high-profile hate crimes, security officials said. (Nov. 2)
Afghanistan's election commission has declared incumbent Hamid Karzai the winner of the country's presidential election, after his opponent pulled out. Visiting Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged U.N. Support. (2 November 2009)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday moderated her praise for Israel's offer to restrain, but not stop, building settlements in Palestinian areas, but said it still falls short of U.S. Expectations. (Nov. 2)
Twenty years after the Berlin Wall started coming down, the tunnels that had offered a Cold War escape route have become a popular tourist attraction. (2 November 2009)
A fire has started on an oil rig off the northwest coast of Australia that has been leaking into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks. No one has been injured and all non-essential workers have been removed. (Nov. 2)
Mexicans gathered in cemeteries in the wee hours of Sunday morning to begin the celebrations of Day of the Dead. Meanwhile, voodoo practitioners and their followers gathered across Haiti to honor the guardian of the dead. (Nov. 1)
The Palestinians on Sunday accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton of undermining progress toward Mideast peace talks after she praised Israel for offering to curb some Jewish settlement construction. (Nov. 1)
Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot statue of himself. (Nov. 1)
President Hamid Karzai's challenger withdrew Sunday from next weekend's runoff election, effectively handing the incumbent a victory. (Nov. 1)
Three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall that led to the collapse of communism in Europe gathered on Saturday in Germany's capital to reflect on the changes they helped usher in 20 years ago. (Nov. 1)
A military investigation into Brazil's deadliest air disaster reached no conclusion on blame, but officials said Saturday that pilot error rather than mechanical failure was the more likely cause. (Oct. 31)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Israel to make a new push to resume stalled Mideast peace talks. In a joint news conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's eager for advancement. (Oct. 31)
Police penned in around 900 demonstrators protesting against Islamic extremism in the northern city of Leeds in England on Saturday. (Oct. 31)
A Dutch court ruled Friday that 14-year-old Laura Dekker was still too inexperienced to be allowed to set off on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. (Oct. 30)
The BBC said Friday that Somali pirates called the broadcaster to demand $7 million for the release of a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of Africa. (Oct. 30)
Authorities in Canada are trying to identify the latest human foot inside a shoe to wash ashore in British Columbia. (Oct. 30)
Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise liner, set sail from a Finnish shipyard Friday, heading for southern Florida. The giant ship boasts facilities including an open-air park, an ice rink and a carousel. (Oct 30)
A German man reportedly dumped by a Brazilian woman he met on the Internet camped out in an airport for 13 days before being taken Thursday to a hospital for a psychological evaluation. (Oct. 29)