Pakistani security forces have killed 10 Islamist militants and destroyed several hideouts in a clash in the troubled northwestern Swat Valley, the military said.
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman denied on August 2 a U.S. media report that Al-Qaeda number two, Ayman al-Zawahri, might have been killed or wounded in a U.S. missile strike on the Afghan border on July 28.
As many as six people died in a shootout in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, where Georgian forces exchanged fire with separatists overnight, a separatist website said on August 2.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived for talks in Tehran on August 2, a few weeks after he told France he would use his good relations with Iran to help resolve its nuclear stand-off with the West.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is facing mounting questions over Internet censorship, days before the Beijing Games, despite earlier pledges that its use would be unfettered.
Iran is heading toward a major breakthrough in its nuclear program, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz said on August 1.
MOSCOW -- Russia's Sports Minister has called a ban on seven of the country's women athletes just days before the Olympics "unprecedented" but indicated there would be no appeal until after the Games, Russian media reported.
Pakistan angrily rejected a report in "The New York Times" that U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded members of Pakistan's spy agency helped plan the suicide bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul last month.
The number of civilians killed in Iraq last month fell to less than a quarter of the toll in July 2007, government figures showed, underscoring a dramatic improvement in security.
resident Hu Jintao has said China would stand by pledges made when it was awarded the Olympics, as Games officials have deflected fire over Internet censorship by lifting restrictions.
Australia will back an India-U.S. nuclear agreement at an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting in Vienna, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has said.
A Russian court has found one of the top managers of the now defunct Yukos business empire guilty in absentia of ordering several murders and attempted murders.
Floods in western Ukraine have killed 30 people after five days of rain caused rivers to spill over into villages and farmland, officials said as parliament earmarked the region $1.2 billion in aid.
Libya sought to strengthen energy ties with Russia, an alliance that could raise alarms in Europe where countries had looked to Libya to help ease their dependence on Russian oil.
Four Iraqi athletes will go to the Beijing Games, organizers have said, up from an initial two allowed to take part when the International Olympic Committee lifted a ban on Iraq's participation two days ago.
A bicycle bomb outside the Pakistani Consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat wounded a police guard and two civilians, a witness said.
Afghan and NATO-led troops backed by air power killed more than 20 Taliban insurgents southwest of the capital Kabul, a provincial official said.
The United States has criticized Kyrgyzstan for destroying part of a fence surrounding a Western luxury hotel, saying its actions undermined investor confidence in the Central Asian state.
Iran will pursue its nuclear path, the country's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said, speaking just before a deadline set by world powers in a nuclear dispute.
The number of U.S. soldiers killed in combat in Iraq has dropped sharply this month, putting July on track to have the lowest casualties for the military since the U.S.-led invasion of the country in 2003.
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