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FARC hostage release: Colombian rebels free 10 captivesColombia's FARC rebels on Monday released four soldiers and six police officials held hostage in jungle prison camps for more than a decade.
Osama bin Laden widows: Will they reveal more about life in Pakistan?Osama bin Laden widows: During her interrogation, the Yemeni widow raised questions about how bin Laden was able to remain undetected in Pakistan. A Pakistan court ruled Monday that Bin Laden's three widows and their children will be deported to their home countries.
Plane crash kills 31 in SiberiaA twin engine turboprop aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff Monday from a Siberian airport.- Ornate, but not lavish: Another bin Laden home located in PakistanThe emerging details of Osama bin Laden's life on the run raise fresh questions over how the Al Qaeda chief was able to evade detection for years in Pakistan.聽
Gaza man killed by soldiers as thousands protest Israel policySecurity forces in riot gear deployed in high numbers along the frontiers of Israel and the Palestinian territories in anticipation of a repeat of last year's violence, in which at least 38 people died near the borders with Lebanon and Syria.
Osama bin Laden widow: Two bin Laden children born in Pakistan hospitalOsama bin Laden fathered four children while he was a fugitive in five locations in Pakistan. Two of bin Laden's children were born in Pakistan government hospitals. Did Pakistan officials know where bin Laden was hiding?
Sarkozy crackdown on 'radical Islamists': A campaign move?French police arrested at least 19 people suspected of radical Islamist activity. President Nicolas Sarkozy, who faces a vote on April 22, says there will be more raids.
Chavez leading rival in run-up to Venezuela electionsThe president of Venezuela has a double-digit lead over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
Assad: Aid to rebels must stop for Annan's Syria peace plan to succeedSyrian President Bashar al-Assad is under international pressure to call his troops and tanks back to their bases, a year into a popular revolt against his iron rule. But he warned聽the success of international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan would not work without securing an end to foreign aid and arming of rebels opposing him.
Khamenei: Iran strongly opposes any foreign intervention in SyriaSupreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iran strongly opposes any foreign intervention in Syria's conflict, during a meeting with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Mashhad.
Arab leaders stay away from Baghdad summitThe turnout in Iraq by regional leaders wasn't very high for Thursday's meeting. But those who did show up appealed to the Syrian government to stop the violence.
African presidents forced to turn back from occupied Mali runwayThe presidents of Ivory Coast, Benin, Liberia, Niger and Burkina Faso were due to arrive in聽Mali聽on Thursday to press for the departure of the junior officers that grabbed power in a coup last week.
North Sea gas leak has environmental activists concernedNorth Sea gas leak: An oil production platform off the Scottish coast has been leaking gas since last weekend. Environmentalists are concerned the North Sea gas leak could lead to an oil spill.
Why Algeria refused to let French gunman to be buried thereMohamed Merah will be buried in a Muslim cemetery in France Thursday. His father wanted him buried in Algeria.
Arab leaders call on Syria to end violent crackdownEven before聽Arab聽heads of state began their Thursday summit in the Iraqi capital, Syria sharply rejected any measures they take. A Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Jihad Makdessi, said Damascus would 'not deal with any initiative' that might come out of the 22-member聽Arab聽League.
Tehran: Iran nuclear talks on for April 13, venue to be decided soonIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is meeting today with Turkey's prime minister to discuss the Iran nuclear program ahead of April 13 talks, which may be held in Istanbul.
West African states put peacekeepers on standby over MaliLast week, Mali's democratically elected government was overthrown in a military coup, triggering cuts in aid and rising tension.
Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn say will challenge case in prostitution scandalStrauss-Kahn's French lawyers called a news conference in response to news he had been formally placed under investigation聽into allegations he illegally participated聽in a prostitution scandal, in the northern city of Lille on counts that could expose their client to up to 20 years in jail.
Sarkozy asks Al Jazeera not to broadcast Toulouse videoAl Jazeera has a video of the three deadly shootings in France filmed by the gunman, Mohamed Merah. Police say the shooter may have had an accomplice.
China, South Korea and US warn about nuclear terrorismThough North Korea wasn't mentioned by name, the impoverished nation's recent rocket tests cast a shadow over the nuclear proliferation summit in Seoul.
