Karzai passes on first Afghan presidential debate An Afghan man walks as he looks on a huge poster of presidential candidate and current President Hamid Karzai in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul.

This undated picture provided by Taco Bell shows part of a Taco Bell advertisement featuring a Chihuahua professing his love for tacos.

More than 500 people attended a vigil Wednesday night for an Idaho soldier who was captured in Afghanistan by the Taliban.

Vowing to return home, ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a few symbolic steps inside Honduras on Friday but backed away from a confrontation with Honduran security forces waiting to arrest him.

Two Australians sustained only minor injuries when the train they were travelling in derailed in southern Croatia on Friday, killing six people.

At least 30 people have been killed and 20 others have been injured when an Aria Air plane crash-landed in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Press TV reported. The plane en route to the northeastern city of Mashhad from Tehran crashed as it was attempting to make an emergency landing at the destination at about 18:00 (1430 GMT) Friday, reported Fars news agency.

On Sunday, Nicolas Sarkozy, 54, was rushed to a military hostpital. The French president reportedly collapsed suddenly while jogging on the grounds of the Chateau of Versailles. His office said he will stay at the hospital under observation overnight.

U.S. President Barack Obama Monday called on the United States and China to conduct more cooperation in a variety of fields to promote mutual interests.

A vessel carrying as many as 200 Haitian migrants capsized and sank near the Turks and Caicos Islands on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Jul 28 - Police say eight security guards have been killed in a bank robbery in Baghdad, the second in two days.