Days after Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stopped by, Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe gets ready to host North Korea's soccer team in the run-up to the World Cup.
Right-wing Israelis marched through East Jerusalem on Sunday in a bid to show Israel's sovereignty over all of Jerusalem. Israeli-Palestinian clashes broke out during the march.
Top Republicans appeared nearer to a deal with Democrats on a financial regulation bill, with the ranking senator on the banking committee saying that they were “very close” on the key particulars.
The fight for the midterm elections is not confined to traditional battlegrounds as voter discontent surges, threatening Democratic control of Congress.
AP - Rescuers spread out Sunday to find anyone who might be left behind in the rural Mississippi countryside hit hard by a tornado that killed 10 people a day earlier, while others returned to demolished homes to salvage what they could and bulldoze the rubble.
AP - Greece's finance minister expressed confidence Sunday that European governments and the International Monetary Fund soon would provide billions of dollars in emergency aid so his debt-burdened nation could make a large repayment on time in May.
AP - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq on Sunday confirmed the killing of its two top leaders but vowed to keep up the fight despite claims by U.S. and Iraqi officials that the deaths could be a devastating blow to the terror network.
A growing number of conservationists in ultra-urban Hong Kong are acting to save the city's natural heritage, including a pink dolphin population that swims in the brackish waters to the north.
A deal is close on a Senate financial reform bill, the leading negotiators said today, but Republicans warned they are not yet prepared to launch debate on the measure.
President Obama will deliver a eulogy today for the 29 West Virginia miners killed in a blast. He and Vice President Biden will meet privately with the miners' relatives.
President Obama will meet Sunday with the Rev. Billy Graham before leaving North Carolina to attend the memorial service for 29 West Virginia coal miners killed in a recent explosion.