International News

Palestinians have reported huge explosions as Israeli warplanes dropped bombs on the Egypt-Gaza border area, where Hamas operates tunnels to smuggle in weapons, food and other goods.

Four Colombian hostages delivered by leftist rebels to the International Red Cross have landed safely at a provincial airport.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will call a meeting of the European members of the Group of 20 industrialized nations in Berlin later this month to discuss a joint strategy before the April summit in London.

In Sudan, officials say the government has asked international peacekeepers to leave a town in the troubled region of Darfur.

North Korea is ratcheting up its rhetoric against South Korea.

A lawyer for an Iranian activist says police detained the woman while she was campaigning for equal marriage rights for women.

The death toll in Kenya from a gasoline explosion now stands at 113.

Afghanistan remains the world's largest producer of opium, the main ingredient in heroin, accounting for 90 percent of the world's production.

Pakistan's military says at least 16 suspected militants and one soldier were killed in clashes in the Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan.

Iran's official news agency says the country's foreign minister has no plans to meet with U.S. officials during a security conference this month in Munich, Germany.