The U.N. is suspending aid shipments to Myanmar after the government began seizing the supplies.

Russians marked the defeat of Nazi Germany with return of tradition showcasing more than 100 tanks, mobile missile units and armored vehicles.

When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his top lieutenants convene the first meeting of the U.N.'s Task Force on the Global Food Crisis Monday, they should ask oil-rich member-states why they haven't been giving any aid.

Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of large areas of Beirut's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said.

A U.S. Marine accused in an alleged gang rape of a Japanese woman last year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for "wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts" but cleared of rape, the U.S. military said.

The U.S. military denied Friday that the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, had been captured and saying a man with a similar name had instead been arrested in the northern city of Mosul.

Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime minister illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen render him unfit for the country's top job.

Israelis celebrated Independence Day with fireworks, air force flyovers and barbecues even amid uncertain peace prospects with Palestinians and near-daily rocket attacks.

Spain on Thursday formally laid claim to a shipwreck that yielded an estimated $500M in treasure, saying it has proof the 19th century ship was Spanish.

Police and soldiers on Thursday cleared any remaining residents from surrounding areas of volcano that has been spewing smoke and ash for a week.