Hundreds of supporters of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have gathered outside her home for a second day, ahead of her expected release.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The leaders of Japan and China will hold talks on the sidelines of a summit Saturday, their first formal meeting since a territorial feud erupted two months ago, a Japanese official said.

KABUL - The Taliban on Saturday launched a pre-dawn attack on a NATO base while eight people, including six civilians, died in a separate motorcycle bombing, the latest deadly violence in Afghanistan.

The UN has appealed for nearly $164m (£102m) to fight a cholera outbreak in Haiti which has now claimed 724 lives. UN spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said that unless funds were provided, "all our efforts can be outrun by the epidemic".

A ship carrying a group of 10 aid workers - including seven Britons who alleged that the captain had held them captive - has docked at a Greek port.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims dressed in white robes descended in their hundreds of thousands on Mecca for weekly prayers on Friday, two days ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

MADRID - Spain sought an urgent explanation Friday for a Moroccan security force raid against a camp settlement in Western Sahara that sparked clashes leaving at least 12 people dead.

Russia's president has indirectly confirmed a newspaper story that a high-level Russian spy has defected after revealing the identities of a spy ring arrested by US authorities in June.

ROME - Italy's center-left opposition called Friday for a confidence vote against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, ushering in a chapter that until recently seemed unthinkable: the end of the Berlusconi era.

Vice President Biden made numerous calls to senior Iraqi leaders over the past several months and US officials directly participated in top-level negotiating sessions that lasted until just moments before the Iraqi parliament finally ...

TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says that Iran and Turkey enjoy the potential to be the flag bearers of nuclear disarmament in the world.

KEPUHARJO, Indonesia - Indonesia's most active volcano has claimed the lives of 240 people since it began erupting last month, sending almost 400000 fleeing into makeshift camps, according to an official.

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Yao Ming has a message for the Chinese basketball team preparing for the Asian Games: "Just relax and go for it.

After months of criticism over belt-tightening reforms to the pension system and his decision to expel thousands of Roma from France, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is being accused of taking a page from former US president Richard Nixon's playbook.

The UN Security Council has received a controversial report on violations of the Darfur weapons embargo, after weeks of delays due to objections by China.

UNITED NATIONS - Serbia told the United Nations on Friday that it would not urge ethnic Serbs to take part in Kosovo's election next month as a UN envoy reported mounting tensions in the territory.

President Dmitri A. Medvedev on Friday appeared to confirm a report in a Russian newspaper that said that the United States had arrested a ring of Russian sleeper spies in June based on information from a senior Russian official who ...

Ariel Sharon always said he wanted to go home to his Sycamore Ranch, and spend his time tending his sheep and cows. He said it throughout his two decades of dogged fighting for rehabilitation after the disastrous ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said that upcoming climate change talks in Mexico will produce "unprecedented results" but not a hoped-for legally binding treaty.

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Getting a trade deal between the United States and South Korea right in terms of substance is more important than rushing to get an agreement, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said on Saturday.