International News

Mexico's military says 25 suspects have been shot dead by soldiers in a gunbattle near the U.S. border.

An Indonesian volcano sent a new, powerful burst of hot ash and debris two miles into the air early Friday, sending villagers fleeing back to emergency shelters.

Today's face-to-face meeting of the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Washington has resulted in an agreement to meet again later this month.

One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants urged others in an interview broadcast Thursday not to attempt the journey to the United States.

El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people.

Turkey is inviting leaders of the 14 other Security Council nations to a summit meeting to strengthen the council's primary mission — maintaining international peace and security in a world of new and complex threats.

President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that it is the price of confronting powerful and brutal cartels.

Romania's unpopular government was in turmoil Thursday after the prime minister fired five Cabinet ministers, with the economy minister also saying he will quit.

A Ugandan court has charged two additional suspects in connection with the July bomb blasts that killed 76 people.

President Barack Obama says he's "cautiously hopeful" that Mideast leaders can settle their differences.