International News

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped.

A secular challenger to Iraq's prime minister edged ahead Saturday in the overall vote count in parliamentary elections, while the prime minister held onto his province-by-province lead as the counting neared completion.

Pope Benedict is rebuking Irish bishops for what he calls "grave errors of judgement" in handling clerical sex abuse.

Indian investigators will be able to question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, a senior U.S. official said Saturday.

Mexican soldiers say they seized guns, ammunition and hand grenades after a shootout in the northern city of Monterrey killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen.

The premier of Australia's Queensland state has declared parts of its coast a disaster zone as a tropical cyclone approaches.

Tokyo subway workers observed a moment of silence Saturday to mark the 15th anniversary of a nerve gas attack by a religious cult, Japan's deadliest act of domestic terrorism.

Spain and other countries on Europe's financially stricken fringe are groping for a new basis from economic growth to put people to work and pay down crushing deficits and debts.

Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.

Haitian families who just two months ago survived the collapse of their homes in a massive earthquake have been dealt another terrifying blow.