AFRICA

Kenyans celebrate Obama's victory

Kenyans embraced Barack Obama's victory as an icon of triumph and possibility.

China, Taiwan sign historic accords

In an effort to ease decades of hostilities, China and Taiwan agreed to increase flights and open direct shipping links, and also agreed to talks every six months.

ANALYSIS

Obama will face world of troubles

The U.S. president-elect will inherit weighty challenges including wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the war on terrorism, an economic crisis and a $1 trillion federal deficit.

IRAQ

Bombs at bus depot, market kill 15 in Baghdad

Bombs exploded at a bus station and a small market in Baghdad, killing 15 people Tuesday in an increase in bloodshed in the Iraqi capital after a week of relative calm, police and hospital officials said.

Pentagon transfers 3 from Guantánamo prison camps

Guantánamo downsized its detainee population by three and sent one not to a recognized nation but to an ally African administration.

Rebel leader acting like a statesman

Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda says he prefers a diplomatic approach to resolve his grievances.

TIBET

Talks with Beijing on Tibetan autonomy fail, Dalai Lama says

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said Monday that talks with Beijing to win greater autonomy for his Himalayan homeland had been a failure and that Tibet was ''now dying'' under China's firm grip.

PAKISTAN

Leaders upbraid Petraeus for U.S. strikes in Pakistan

Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Commander in the Middle East, was warned by Pakistani leaders about U.S. missile strikes into Pakistani territory.

IRAQ

Minorities insulted, want law overturned

Parliament's newly approved plan gives religious or ethnic communities the least representation.

Al Qaeda media man wouldn't phone home

The second-ever convict at the war crimes court spurned a phone call home as his terror trial reached a climax on Monday.

Bin Laden video-maker gets life

A military jury convicted Osama bin Laden's media secretary of three war crimes charges then ordered the terrorist to serve life in prison; he responded with defiance

Bin Laden propagandist convicted of war crimes

A military jury Monday convicted Osama bin Laden's media secretary of war crimes for creating an al Qaeda recruiting video that prosecutors argued incited suicide bombers.

CONGO

Latest violence taking toll on kids

(AP) -- They wail and yell. The youngest victims of eastern Congo's latest eruption of violence have no other way to say they're famished, sick and weary.

IRAQ

Ex-Iraqi mayor now a refugee

After threats, an Iraqi credited with stemming sectarian violence has found refuge in America.

ASIA

In Asia, doubts grow about a nuclear-free North Korea

Experts now speculate that the most achievable goal in talks with North Korea may be a halt in the production of nuclear fuel for weapons.

BRITAIN | ECONOMY

Slowing British economy could send immigrants home

Facing Britain's first recession in nearly two decades, migrant workers are thinking about returning home in search of more steady work.

Jury deliberates at Gitmo propaganda trial

A jury began deliberations Friday afternoon on the 23-count war crimes case of Osama bin Laden's confessed media secretary, accused of recruiting and inciting for al Qaeda

GUANTANAMO BAY

Former al Qaeda recruits: Film scared us off

As the war-crimes trial of a former aide to Osama bin Laden neared its end, three Americans testified that they left an al Qaeda training camp after seeing a propaganda film the defendant had made.

EAST AFRICA

Suicide blasts kill at least 31 in Somalia

A terrorist attack in a hitherto untroubled part of Somalia appeared to be an attempt to distract regional leaders meeting for peace talks in Nairobi.

IRAQ

U.S. soldiers' killer sentenced to die in Iraq

An Iraqi court sentenced Ibrahim Karim al Qaraghuli to be hanged for his role in the murders of two U.S. soldiers.