A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on September 6 killing at least 19 people, police said.

In defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, Iran continues its uranium enrichment activities, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency released on September 6.

Iranian officials continued on September 5 to trade barbs with the Palestinian Authority over its president's decision to renew direct peace talks with Israel.

Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it will not "carry out armed actions" in its campaign for independence.

Guatemalan authorities say at least 36 people have been killed in landslides caused by weeks of heavy rains.

Deputy finance ministers and senior central bank officials from G-20 nations closed two days of meetings in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on August 5 after discussing reforms in the global financial regulatory framework and other key issues to set the agenda for the upcoming G-20 economic summit to be held here in November, officials said.

A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan has killed five people and wounded at least 26 others.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office has said.

An apparent U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border, two Pakistani intelligence officials said on August 4.

Israel air strikes targeted three tunnels in Gaza on late September 4 and early 5 after a rocket from Gaza landed in Israel, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said.