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AP - 1 hour , 4 minutes ago
The international crossfire over Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it "barbaric" and an Iranian spokesman saying it's about punishing a criminal and not a human rights issue.
 
  • Iraqi soldier fires on US troops, kills 2
    AP - 46 minutes ago
    An Iraqi soldier opened fire on American troops and killed two on Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. They were the first American servicemen killed since the U.S. declared an official end to combat operations in the country last week.
  • Strikes in France, London foreshadow more protests
    AP - 50 minutes ago
    French strikers disrupted trains and planes, hospitals and mail delivery Tuesday amid massive street protests over plans to raise the retirement age. Across the English Channel, London subway workers unhappy with staff cuts walked off the job.
  • Women, kids among 17 dead in NW Pakistani bombing
    AP - 3 hours , 4 minutes ago
    A car bomb ripped through a police compound in a northwestern Pakistani city on Tuesday, killing 14 women and children and three officers, the latest in a string of attacks proving that Islamist militants remain a potent force in the country.
  • EU OKs new financial supervision deal
    AP - 4 hours , 3 minutes ago
    European Union nations agreed to create new financial oversight institutions Tuesday, hoping to prevent a repeat of the government debt crisis that nearly left Greece bankrupt and brought the European banking system to its knees.
  • Somalis scramble to escape fighting in capital
    AP - 3 hours , 4 minutes ago
    Fighting in the Somali capital has killed more than 230 people in the past two weeks and fleeing civilians are so desperate they are giving away their last possessions for seats on a bus out of the city, U.N. officials said Tuesday.
  • Fight over Eichmann files back to German court
    AP - 3 hours , 8 minutes ago
    Germany's intelligence service has turned over thousands of files on top Nazi Adolf Eichmann's whereabouts after World War II to a journalist who sued for them. But with so many passages blacked out and pages missing, she's taking the matter back to court.
  • World stocks fall amid renewed Europe bank worries
    AP - 4 hours , 37 minutes ago
    World stocks fell Tuesday, particularly in Europe, where concerns about the health of banks resurfaced and EU finance ministers created new financial oversight bodies but failed to agree on a bank or trading tax.
  • WWII-era mass grave discovered in Slovenia
    AP - 4 hours , 41 minutes ago
    The bodies of about 700 people killed in the wake of World War II have been discovered in a mass grave in Slovenia, 65 years after they were herded into the woods and slain by antifascists seeking revenge on Nazi collaborators, an official said Tuesday.
  • Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops
    AP - 4 hours , 48 minutes ago
    The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday an American church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide.
  • UK police likely to quiz PM's aide over hacking
    AP - 4 hours , 52 minutes ago
    A key aide to Prime Minister David Cameron will be questioned by police over allegations a major British tabloid illegally eavesdropped on politicians and celebrities -- including the British princes, a senior Scotland Yard officer said Tuesday.
  • NATO: Taliban outnumbered around key Afghan city
    AP - 4 hours , 53 minutes ago
    The NATO-led coalition has overwhelming numerical superiority over the Taliban around the key southern Afghan city of Kandahar and expects to clear the area of insurgents by November's end, a top commander said Tuesday.
  • Ukraine lawmakers throw punches over austerity
    AP - 5 hours , 6 minutes ago
    Lawmakers threw punches in Ukraine's parliament Tuesday over a government-imposed gas price hike and retirement age increase, while thousands of protesters rallied outside against the austerity measures.
  • Germany's Merkel defends nuclear plant deal
    AP - 5 hours , 22 minutes ago
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday defended her government's decision to extend the lifetime of the country's nuclear plants against criticism that the deal guarantees huge windfall profits to utility companies.
  • Japan reporter tricked captors into using Twitter
    AP - 5 hours , 33 minutes ago
    A Japanese journalist held hostage in Afghanistan for five months managed to send out a message via Twitter that he was alive when his captors asked him how to use a cell phone.
  • Russian minister: Slow response let fires spread
    AP - 5 hours , 36 minutes ago
    Russia would have suffered less severe damage from wildfires this summer if authorities had engaged firefighting aircraft more quickly, a Cabinet member said Tuesday.
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