UK troops squeeze Helmand militants
20:23:29 | 30/07/2010 - Source: Salisbury Journal
British forces have made progress in a fresh assault on the Taliban in southern Afghanistan and are holding two compounds.
Kabul Rioters Burn SUVs, Yell 'Death to America'
16:20:59 | 30/07/2010 - Source:
Afghan police fired shots on Friday to disperse hundreds of people protesting the deaths of civilians in an accident involving a U.S. Embassy vehicle, officials said.
3 US troops die, deadliest month of Afghan war
14:09:08 | 30/07/2010 - Source: WHDH
Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.
Venezuela Breaks Relations with Colombia
13:32:40 | 30/07/2010 - Source:
Uribe is in the final month of a presidency that has had many tensions with neighboring Venezuela, mostly over accusations that rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and National Liberation Army have camps in Venezuela.
Medvedev Sends Army to Tackle Wildfires
13:28:14 | 30/07/2010 - Source:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday the army needs to help tackle wildfires that have left five people dead and around 100 injured in central Russia.
Moms work for hikers' release from Iran
12:09:22 | 30/07/2010 - Source: KRQE
Cindy Hickey was sitting in her home office last summer, preparing a receipt for a client of her animal physical therapy business when the phone rang.
Hundreds dead in Pakistan flooding
11:04:33 | 30/07/2010 - Source: Guardian Unlimited
The toll from the deluge was expected to rise because many people were still reported missing.
Taiwanese eager to keep separate identity despite warming ties with rival China
09:59:25 | 30/07/2010 - Source: KSWB-TV San Diego
In the crowded Taipei theater, Eddy Fang laughs politely at the Chinese ensemble's comic references to jealous husbands and overweight wives but can't help thinking it's all a bit lowbrow in relatively sophisticated Taiwan.
06:32 Soldiers killed in rebel attack
06:45:07 | 30/07/2010 - Source: Wicklow People
Suspected separatist rebels have triggered a land mine explosion that killed at least four paramilitary soldiers and injured 25 others in India's remote north-eastern state of Assam, police said.
Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel killed
04:36:07 | 30/07/2010 - Source: Telegraph.co.uk
The death of Coronel, 56, is the biggest strike yet against Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman - Mexico's top drug lord - since President Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against drug traffickers in late 2006.
UK & World News: Bodies of three soldiers back home
01:25:56 | 30/07/2010 - Source: The Journal Newspaper Online
The families of two hero soldiers who were killed while saving a wounded comrade in Afghanistan wept as their bodies were returned to British soil on Thursday.
Thousands march in annual gay pride march in Jerusalem, dozens counter-demonstrate
21:16:26 | 29/07/2010 - Source: WGN-TV Chicago
Thousands of Israelis marched calmly Thursday in Jerusalem's longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators.
Frenchwoman charged in baby deaths
21:16:25 | 29/07/2010 - Source: CBC News
A Frenchwoman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged with manslaughter, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Pakistanis view US as enemy
21:16:24 | 29/07/2010 - Source: WMBF News
Despite billions in aid from Washington and a shared threat from extremists, Pakistanis have an overwhelmingly negative view of the United States, according to results of a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday.
Ambulance patient killed by car
19:11:20 | 29/07/2010 - Source: Hampshire Chronicle
An assault victim was hit by a car and killed when he got out of an ambulance taking him to hospital, it has emerged.