Attack on office of Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh took place after at least 80 Palestinians were killed in 2 days 

Dmitri Medvedev all but assured victory

Trip to Iraq is first by an Iranian president since the two countries were at war in the 1980s

Blast came as the U.S. ambassador rejected a claim from Pakistan's interior minister implicating the United States in Pakistan's growing militancy

Taliban says US and other foreign troops in Afghanistan use mobile phone signals to track down Taliban fighters

Lieutenant Windsor says he would like to go back to Afghanistan in another front line position

Tension has increased in the region as Sudan's northern-based ruling party and the former southern rebels argue over the boundaries of the oil-rich Abyei area

Pyongyang is condemning the exercises, calling them a rehearsal for aggression against the North

Low turnout reported as voters in 76 provinces elect one senator to the new 150-member parliament

Hundreds of Himalayan Pashmina goats, prized for the soft wool they provide, die of starvation