A U.S. military airplane with relief supplies has taken off and is scheduled to land in Myanmar at about 2 p.m. Monday on a mission that American officials say they hope will "build trust."
Sudan cut ties with neighboring Chad and threatened retaliation Sunday after it accused the country of helping train rebels who attacked a suburb of Khartoum.
A U.S. military official said Sunday it was "premature" to conclude there will be a truce between the Iraqi government and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's movement, despite word from both sides that a cease-fire agreement was reached.
Serbia's pro-Western President Boris Tadic declared victory Sunday in parliamentary elections, despite a challenge to his bloc from nationalist groups. Tomislav Nikolic, leader of the ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party, said there is "a great chance" for creating a coalition that exclude's Tadic's party.
A U.S. military transport aircraft with relief supplies is expected to land in Myanmar on Monday on a mission that officials hope will forge a relationship to allow the United States to send in disaster experts.
foxnewsonline@foxnews.comJurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui case headed into a fourth day of deliberations Thursday but talks halted when one juror fell ill; deliberations to resume Friday
foxnewsonline@foxnews.comAbout 100 homes were being evacuated Wednesday morning as a small earthen dam in Calaveras County in northern California weakened by an overnight thunderstorm threatened to break.
foxnewsonline@foxnews.comA poor-quality video posted on the Internet Wednesday in the name of an extremist group claimed to show Iraqi insurgents dragging the burning body of a U.S. pilot on the ground after the crash of an Apache helicopter.
foxnewsonline@foxnews.comThe deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities said.
foxnewsonline@foxnews.comVenezuelan authorities found the bullet-ridden bodies of three Canadian boys who had been kidnapped more than a month ago in the South American country, the justice minister said.
foxnewsonline@foxnews.comFrance's biggest trade unions set a 10-day deadline Wednesday for the government to revoke a divisive jobs law, threatening more protests and strikes that have spiraled into a national crisis.
foxnewsonline@foxnews.comA baby shower erupted into a fight among guests in which one man was shot and several other people, including the seven-months-pregnant guest of honor, were beaten with a stick, police say.
AP - The United States launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday, after prolonged negotiations with the isolated country's military rulers, who have been accused of restricting international efforts to help as many as 1.5 million cyclone survivors at risk of disease and starvation.
AP - Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise Sunday as government supporters and opponents battled with rockets and machine guns in the mountains overlooking the capital.
AP - Sudan severed ties with Chad Sunday, accusing its neighbor of backing a rebel assault on the capital and raising the possibility of new border clashes that could worsen Darfur's humanitarian crisis.
AP - The future of Pakistan's fledgling coalition government hung in the balance Monday after failed talks on how to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.
AP - A pro-Western coalition determined to bring Serbia into the European Union made a surprisingly strong showing in parliamentary elections, but faced the specter of a protracted power struggle with rivals who vowed to join forces to form a government.
AFP - Renault-Nissan and the Indian group Bajaj announced a joint venture Monday to produce a 2,500-dollar (1,600-euro) car, with sales expected to begin in India in early 2011.
AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Germany's chancellor on Sunday, suggesting that her party shares the political ideals of Adolf Hitler.
AFP - Sudanese authorities on Monday arrested Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and at least four other members of his party, the wife of one of the detainees told AFP.
AP - The U.S. Geological Survey says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 has struck western China. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.
