Striking South African construction workers, building stadiums for the 2010 World Cup, vow to continue their strike until employers meet their demand for a 12 percent wage increase. (July 14)
President Nicolas Sarkozy has opened the traditional Bastille Day military parade to Indian and German troops, as France looks to expand its global military strength and strategic partnerships. (July 14)
A family of three evaded what could have been a major, if not fatal, mishap after a double-decker stunt plane doing loops flew too low and collided with their car. The pilot also survived. (July 14)
An Israeli mobile phone commercial showing soldiers playing soccer near Israel's West Bank separation barrier has angered Palestinians who say it is in poor taste and exploits their suffering. (July 14)
The legal saga of John Demjanjuk neared its final chapter as prosecutors set the stage for one of Germany's highest-profile war crime trials in years, formally charging him with involvement in the murder of 27,900 people at a Nazi death camp. (July 13)
Police shot dead two Uighur men and wounded a third on Monday on the streets of Urumqi, where tens of thousands of troops are stationed to restore calm a week after deadly ethnic riots raged in the western Chinese city. (July 13)
Islamic insurgents have retreated from areas around Somalia's presidential palace in Mogadishu after a day of fighting that killed dozens of people and wounded about 150. (July 13)
Three Chinese coal miners rescued after surviving 25 days trapped underground by drinking dirty water and chewing coal. (July 13)
Three cranes crashed Monday while trying to lift a steel girder that had fallen at New Delhi's metro rail construction site, a new blow to the project a day after the first accident left six people dead. No injuries have been reported. (July 13)
Gunmen boldly attacked federal forces across the western state of Michoacan on Saturday, killing five federal agents and two soldiers after the capture of a suspected drug cartel operative. (July 12)
China raised the death toll from ethnic unrest in the western province of Xinjiang to 184, adding that most of those killed were Han Chinese. But overseas groups and minority Uighers are disputing the figures. (July 11)
President Barack Obama came to Accra, Ghana with a message - the African continent is part of his international agenda. (July 11)
Before leaving Ghana, President Barack Obama said the message the nation sends to the rest of the world every day is that democracy can thrive in Africa. (July 11)
What do rollerskating babies and Evian water have in common? Nothing really. But the viral video has become an Internet phenomenon. (July 11)
During a visit to Ghana, President Barack Obama visited the fortifications of Cape Coast Castle, converted to the slave trade by the British in the 17th Century. (July 11)
British commanders in Afghanistan defended their military operation against the Taliban in southern Helmand province despite the deaths of eight British soldiers in 24 hours. (July 11)
President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. He will make a speech to lawmakers there and tour a fort once used to ship slaves to the Americas. (July 10)
Tehran's police chief said Friday that few arrests were made in opposition protests that erupted a day earlier in the Iranian capital in an opposition attempt to revive street demonstrations over the country's disputed election. (July 10)
Boisterous crowds turned up at mosques in riot-hit parts of this western Chinese city, ignoring orders canceling Friday prayers due to the ethnic violence, and police quickly broke up a small protest nearby. (July 10)
President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research. (July 10)
Scores of firefighters are fighting a blaze at a London apartment complex Friday. (July 10)
Organizers of Pamplona's running of the bulls say a man has been gored to death, the first fatality since 1995. The man was gored in the neck after a rogue bull that separated from the pack. Some of the video may be considered graphic. (July 7)
As G-8 leaders try to persuade the world to make lifestyle and economic sacrifices, their Italian host calls international attention to L'Aquila-- a city still reeling from April's deadly earthquake. The AP's Mark Smith reports.
Witnesses are describing the first demonstration by opponents of Iran's government in nearly two weeks. They say thousands of people streamed down avenues in Tehran today, chanting 'death to the dictator.' (July 9)
British police say there will no new investigation into allegations that journalists from a tabloid newspaper illegally hacked into the mobile phones of hundreds of celebrities and politicians. (July 9)
President Barack Obama says that the global recession makes it harder to strike an international climate agreement but that leaders must 'fight the temptation toward cynicism' and press forward. (July 9)
Three roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven people on Thursday, part of a string of bomb attacks hitting targets in the Iraqi capital and across the country. (July 9)
One Australian town has become the first in the country to ban bottled water. Bundanoon is banning bottle water in an effort to help the environment. (July 9)
Authorities say a suicide bomber has killed nearly three dozen people and injured 70 near a judge's house in northern Iraq, and two roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven people. (July 9)
British scientists claimed Wednesday to have created human sperm from embryonic stem cells for the first time, an accomplishment they say may someday help infertile men father children. (July 8)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to disperse the clouds of doubt surrounding his re-election in his first major television address.(July 8)
World leaders have agreed that the global economy is too shaky to begin rolling back massive fiscal stimulus plans right now, but said they would begin to work out strategies to unwind the program once "recovery is assured." (July 8)
President Barack Obama was escorted around the quake damage in L'Aquila, Italy, where the Group of Eight summit is being held. (July 8)
The Berlin Zoo has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for the right to keep its star on display there. (July 8)
A widespread computer attack knocked out the Web sites of the Treasury Department, the Secret Service and other U.S. agencies, as well as South Korean government sites. (July 8)
China's president cut short a G8 summit trip to rush home Wednesday after ethnic tensions soared in Xinjiang territory, and the government flooded the area with security forces in the wake of a massive riot that left 156 dead. (July 8)
President Barack Obama is now in Italy to take part in the G8 Summit. Topics at the summit will include climate change, world hunger and Iran's nuclear ambitions. (July 8)
Pres. Barack Obama sought to speak to the hearts and minds of the Russian public despite chilly relations in the last several years. He hoped for a thaw between the two nations but says on some issues there won't be agreement anytime soon. (July 7)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias will serve as international mediator in the Honduran political crisis. (July 7)
Fan of the late pop star Michael Jackson gathered around the world to pay tribute to their idol and watch the artist's memorial on television screens live from Los Angeles, California. (July 7)