Mexican officials say at least 21 people have been killed in a gunfight between two of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels near the border with the US.
United States President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency for the state of Texas, as Hurricane Alex is expected to make landfall later today.
Google Inc said Tuesday it will stop automatically routing users in China to its Hong Kong site after Beijing threatened the company with the loss of its Internet licence in their latest skirmish over censorhip.
General Motors Company plans to introduce 70 new or upgraded vehicles in international markets by 2014 as it tries to expand business in areas it considers key to its growth.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expressing fears that a series of arrests over an alleged spy ring in the United States will harm US-Russian relations.
PARIS (AP):Manuel Noriega took the stand at his money-laundering trial in France yesterday, and the former Panamanian dictator appeared confused about the most basic of biographical information...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP): Masked men trashed a United Nations (UN) summer camp yesterday, tying up guards and slashing tents and an inflatable pool in the second such attack blamed on suspected extremists in just over a month...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP): NATO disclosed yesterday that a Taliban commander was among several armed people killed during a search operation in Kandahar, but residents claimed the troops killed eight innocent civilians...
WASHINGTON (AP): Global engineering firm Technip S.A. has agreed to pay $338 million to settle accusations that it engaged in a decade-long scheme to bribe government officials in Nigeria...
Mexico (AP): Hurricane watches were in effect yesterday for a stretch of Gulf coast in southern Texas and northern Mexico as Tropical Storm Alex gained strength and appeared on track to become a Category...
A panel appointed by the Catholic church to investigate clerical sex abuse in Belgium is shutting down, after police seized all its files during a raid last week, the group's chairman said yesterday.
