The Nuclear Suppliers Group agreed Saturday to lift a 34-year ban on selling nuclear technology to India, even though it hasn't signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Many Egyptians complain the government is not doing enough to save slum-dwellers buried in a Saturday morning rock slide that killed at least 31 people.
AP - Authorities called off evacuation orders for the Florida Keys on Monday as a ferocious Hurricane Ike shifted south over Cuba and appeared on track to miss the low-lying U.S. island chain.
AP - Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, blowing homes to rubble and sending waves crashing over apartment buildings. Some 900,000 Cubans evacuated, and forecasters said it could hit Louisiana or Texas this weekend.
AP - Stocks mostly advanced Monday as investors put down bets that a recovery in the financial and housing sectors is in the offing following the U.S. government's move to bail out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points but the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index declined.
Cell phone pictures are providing evidence that a large number of civilians may have been mistakenly killed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan last month, two NATO officials said. The Afghan government, a United Nations review and other reports say that as many as 90 civilians were killed in an August 22 airstrike, but the Pentagon adamantly disputes the death toll.
With the race for the White House nearly tied, the presidential contenders and their running mates are kicking off the first week of post-convention campaigning in battleground states.
Ten days ago, Sen. Joe Biden was the most brilliant vice presidential pick imaginable. He was going to add the experience and foreign policy credential that Sen. Barack Obama's thin resume was missing.