The sound of gunfire and grenades echoed across Gaza City on Sunday as rival Palestinian factions fought in the streets in an increasingly bloody power struggle.

Major trading powers at the World Economic Forum, including Canada, failed Saturday to find a way to resume talks on liberalizing global trade.

Sunni insurgent bombers killed at least 13 people in a Baghdad market Saturday, in a week in which more than 150 people, mostly Shias, were slain in bomb attacks.

Tens of thousands converged on Washington Saturday in a spirited demonstration that drew military families, celebrities and ordinary people calling for the U.S. to get out of Iraq.

Gunmen armed with assault rifles carjacked a U.S. Embassy vehicle in Kenya on Saturday, killing two women, police said.

Officials in western India are trying to find out what caused a school to crumble to the ground, killing 11 children.

The United States has not lifted its restrictions on Mahar Arar, even though the Canadian government apologized to him on Friday and offered him a $10.5 million compensation package.

The United States has not lifted its restrictions on Mahar Arar, even though the Canadian government apologized to him on Friday and offered him a $10.5 million compensation package.

More NATO soldiers are heading to Afghanistan to reinforce the fight against Taliban militants, the alliance said Friday.

A British reporter was been jailed and his editor resigned Friday because the reporter hacked into voice messages of officials who work for the royal family.

A top Israeli politician suggested Friday that there may be grounds for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

Iraqi militants posing as American security guards captured and killed four U.S. soldiers, the Associated Press reported Friday.

A Belgian skydiver plunged 4,000 metres to her death after a rival in love sabotaged her parachute, Belgian police say.

U.S. President George W. Bush says U.S. forces in Iraq will stop Iranians if they get in the way of America's plans to stabilize Iraq.

At least 3,000 Israelis, most of them citing a fear of spousal abuse and Palestinian violence, have requested asylum in Canada since 2000, recent reports out of Israel said.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday attacking Holocaust denial, without naming Iran, the most prominent recent denier.

Thousands of centrifuges are to be installed in an underground facility next month by Iran, paving the way to large-scale uranium enrichment, the head of a UN agency said Friday.

California legislators have banned the use of a toxic solvent commonly used by dry cleaners, saying it endangers the environment and puts consumers' health at risk.

British police are preparing to lay charges against Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoi in the poisoning death of a former KGB spy, reports out of Britain say.

The Lebanese army lifted a curfew in the capital Beirut early Friday but soldiers reinforced patrols and officials closed schools after violence on Thursday killed at least three people.