Pakistan's President Zardari has visited a flood relief camp, his spokesman says, in his first tour of areas hit by the country's worst ever humanitarian crisis.
JetBlue flight attendant Steve Slater faces criminal charges for deploying the plane's emergency chute. But the passenger blamed for setting off his tirade could also face charges or fines.
The Obama administration says Iran nuclear sanctions are beginning to have an effect. But two prominent dissidents say the sanctions are playing into the hands of the Ahmadinejad regime.
As the American economic recovery wavers, evidence is mounting that growth overseas is also slowing and may be unable to sustain the fragile rebound in the United States.
Concern is growing about President Hamid Karzaiās ability to deliver a credible election in September, a crucial sign of security and a legitimate government.
AP - General Motors Co. chief Ed Whitacre said Thursday he's stepping down as CEO on Sept. 1, his mission accomplished as the company reported its second straight quarterly profit.
AP - The federal judge who struck down California's gay-marriage ban said Thursday that same-sex weddings can resume next week unless an appeals court intervenes before then.
AP - A suspect in a string of 18 stabbings that terrorized people across three states and left five dead was arrested in front of startled passengers at an airport gate as he tried to board a plane for Israel, officials said Thursday.
The Czech Republic suggested barter when North Korea said it would be hard put to repay a $10 million debt left from cold-war days. But it was thinking zinc ore, not Korean ginseng.
Fidel Castro marks his 84th birthday on Friday after a spate of public appearances and apocalyptic warnings of nuclear war and environmental disaster that have catapulted him back onto center stage in Cuba and garnered him headlines outside the Communist-run Caribbean island.
A federal judge ruled on Thursday to allow same-sex couples to marry in California in a case that both sides say will likely end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
A 33-year-old Israeli citizen was charged with assault with intent to murder in Michigan on Thursday in connection with 18 stabbings that left five people dead across three states, according to a Michigan prosecutor.
At the urging of the Texas governor, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed an extradition warrant that will send polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs to Texas to face criminal charges, according to Gov. Herbert's office.
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