A Muslim attack on Egypt's St. Mark Cathedral in Cairo bodes ill for native Coptic Christians, and for the rest of the world's Christians.

Paraguayan President Federico Franco will meet with Spanish premier Mariano Rajoy and then fly to Washington DC to speak at the OAS where he will address an effective trade war being waged against Paraguay by Argentina.

Concerned people in Spain are funding aid to children in Central Africa who have been raped and subjected to other violence. Babies, whose mothers are dead or dying of AIDS, are given powdered milk to replace breast milk.

In a high-risk situation, Australia's options are to align with the U.S. and thus accept military burdens, or commit to Asia (viz. China).

NATO leaders meet in Chicago this weekend for a summit that will focus largely on the alliance's combat-force withdrawal from Afghanistan and its postmilitary role. But contentious plans for a European missile-defense system and the alliance's future vision will also be up for discussion.

Three men have been charged with plotting to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters and throw Molotov cocktails at police on the eve of a NATO summit.

An earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least six people and caused thousands of others to flee into the streets.

Afghan officials say flash floods triggered by torrential rains in northern Afghanistan have killed at least 19 people and left thousands homeless.

The Pakistani government has blocked the social networking website Twitter because of material considered offensive to Islam.

Ukrainian President Vitkor Yanukovych has ruled out the idea of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko being released for treatment abroad ahead of next month's Euro 2012 soccer championships, which Ukraine and Poland are hosting.

Lawyers for Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, who is facing charges related to alleged death squads, have quit the case in protest over not being allowed to present their evidence.