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South Korea and the U.S. will hold joint antisubmarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills.

The U.N. is ignoring the critical role of jobs and income equality in its strategy to fight world poverty and hunger, to the detriment of developing nations, the world body's own researchers said in a critique.

In a blow to Washington, Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout will remain in Thailand at least until October while a Bangkok court reviews charges against him.

The global dependency on the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for oil will rise as production by non-OPEC nations falls.

An attack on a Shiite procession killed at least five people in southwestern Pakistan, while a suicide bomber targeted a minority Sunni mosque in Peshawar.

An Australian independent lawmaker signaled he might support Labor, another boost to Prime Minister Julia Gillard entering a crucial weekend of talks to cobble together a government.

New forest fires in drought-plagued southern Russia flared up, killing four people and injuring 18.

When EU finance ministers assemble next week, an unpleasant reality will be on the agenda: Despite efforts to stabilize the euro zone, yields on the bonds of Europe's wobbliest countries have spent their vacation rising.

A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug cartel members in northeastern Mexico left 25 purported gunmen dead Thursday.

The fire that engulfed an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico heightened pressure on the energy industry, which is battling greater regulation and a deep-water drilling ban.

Two Americans detained last year by soldiers who said they found two marijuana-filled suitcases in their truck were found guilty of drug trafficking by a Mexican court.

The Palestinian group Hamas took credit for a second West Bank shooting attack in as many days and vowed more attacks to come, a claim that raised questions about the group's ultimate motives.

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was attacked on Thursday night when a group of militiamen broke into his residential building and fired on his bodyguards, according to a family member.

The European Central Bank raised its central forecast for 2010 economic growth in the euro zone after leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record-low of 1%, as expected.

A public-service strike in South Africa has laid bare divisions between labor unions and the government of President Zuma.

An international team of scientists has identified a promising drug candidate that represents an entirely new class of medicines to treat malaria, one of the biggest killers in the developing world.

U.S. National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon will travel to Beijing this weekend for high-level talks as the U.S. and China work to iron out tensions on issues ranging from currency policy to military ties to Iran.

Afghan officials said a coalition airstrike hit the election convoy of an Afghan parliamentary candidate, wounding him and killing as many as 10 campaign aides, but the NATO coalition said only insurgents were killed.

India is racing to put in place a range security measures for next month's Commonwealth Games as it seeks to allay fears the event could become a target for a terrorist attack.

Thailand's king confirmed a staunch Thaksin foe as the country's next army chief, a move that means the army is likely to act more decisively to prevent any repeat of pro-Thaksin demonstrations that transfixed Bangkok earlier this year.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called Sweden's investigation into rape and molestation allegations against him a "legal circus," and said it could hurt his chances of gaining a residency permit in Sweden, which he has seen as a safe haven for the controversial document-leaking site.

Hillary Rodham Clinton formally opened the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years, after President Obama pressed the two sides to seize the opportunity.

The Deutsche Bundesbank said its board will ask the German president to dismiss board member Thilo Sarazzin, whose comments on immigration have caused a political storm in Germany in recent days.

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said China risks losing foreign investments unless it introduces more transparency and consistency into its business rules.

The Philippine government suffered another stumble over last week's hostage crisis, as authorities sent some Hong Kong victims' bodies to the wrong families.

Crowds of depositors gathered at the branches of Afghanistan's largest lender, trying to withdraw their cash amid concerns about Kabul Bank's soundness.

South Korea's unification minister says the president's mention of unification tax was intended to start an overdue national conversation about the country's future relationship with the North Korea.

The European Commission banned one airline from Ghana from flying to Europe and imposed restrictions on a second airline from the same country because of poor safety.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan's capital for meetings with President Karzai and top NATO commander Gen. Petraeus.

Nancy Kissel, the expatriate American housewife who won a retrial after being convicted of murdering of her banker husband in Hong Kong, will ask a judge to dismiss the case against her.