In The Hague this week, Iranian officials offered to cooperate with the US. Iran has pursued an ambitious redevelopment effort in Afghanistan since 2001.
Some experts said the test undercut the North Korean campaign to come across as a fearsome adversary able to hurl deadly warheads halfway around the globe.
AP - President Barack Obama is reaching out to Turkey to help him wind down the Iraq war and bring stability to the Middle East. He is also counting on the only Muslim member of NATO to remain a steadfast ally in the Afghanistan conflict.
AP - A powerful earthquake struck central Italy early Monday, killing at least 20 people, collapsing buildings and leaving thousands of people homeless, officials and news reports said.
AP - North Korea's rocket may have fallen into the sea, but military experts cautioned Monday against calling it a complete failure, pointing out that it traveled twice as far as any missile the country has launched.
For the first time since media coverage was banned in 1991, the return of the body of a fallen member of the U.S. armed forces was opened to news outlets late Sunday. The latest policy was supposed to take effect on Monday, but no reason was given why reporters were allowed to view the proceedings on Sunday.
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy early Monday, less than six hours after another quake hit the northern part of the country, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
North Korea has followed through on its publicly-stated intention to launch a long-range rocket, defying warnings from the international community and setting off a firestorm of criticism in the process. U.S. military sources said the launch was a failure, claiming that the rocket's payload failed to enter into orbit.