Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised that Russia would emerge stronger from a world economic crisis he said had been triggered by U.S. recklessness.

Hundreds of rebel forces have pulled back from three front lines in eastern Congo, the U.N. confirmed, as aid workers scrambled to reach more of the 300,000 refugees.

Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition will meet to review President Robert Mubabe’s plan to unilaterally form a unity government, an opposition official said.

A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister’s office killed one person and wounded 29 in the first fatal assault at the compound since activists seized it.

A Russian lawyer says a Moscow court has barred the public from the trial of three men accused of murdering journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village deep inside Pakistan, officials said, killing six and indicating American willingness to pursue insurgents beyond lawless tribal regions.

Congolese President Joseph Kabila has replaced the head of his armed forces, a move aimed at bolstering their fighting capacity after a string of defeats during weeks of battles against eastern rebels, officials said.

The U.S. Navy said Somali pirates have hijacked a Saudi-owned oil tanker off the Kenyan coast.

BANDIPORA, India (Reuters) - With armed troops patrolling shuttered streets and separatist leaders locked up, Indian Kashmiris voted in a state election on Monday, casting their ballots for better roads and civic amenities.

Israel opened a border crossing with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday for the first time in two weeks.