AP - Thailand's embattled prime minister denied a rift with the army Sunday and dismissed the possibility of a coup when he travels to the U.N. General Assembly in New York later this month.
AP - Afghan police say two blasts have gone off at the police headquarters in Afghanistan's second-largest city. Casualties are feared.
AP - Israel's government is holding its first discussion of legislation that would pay Jewish settlers to leave their homes in the West Bank even before a peace deal is signed with the Palestinians.
AFP - Beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown will launch a fresh bid to revive his government's dire fortunes this week, but deepening economic gloom and growing party sniping threaten any fightback.
AFP - Spanish construction and infrastructure group Ferrovial said Saturday it had sold Belfast airport to a fund operated by Dutch bank ABN Amro for 132.5 million pounds (164.2 million euros).
AP - An official in ex-deputy prime minister Ahmad Chalabi's office says six people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack on the former Pentagon favorite's convoy in western Baghdad.
AFP - US Vice President Dick Cheney was to hold talks with world leaders Saturday on the last stop of a four-nation tour in which he has pledged support for ex-Soviet republics after Russia's conflict with Georgia.
AP - The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true.
AFP - Britain welcomed Saturday a deal to lift a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India, saying it will make a "significant contribution" to global energy and climate security.
AP - The death toll in a massive suicide blast in Pakistan's militant-plagued northwest reached 35, officials said Sunday, as the country prepared for Benazir Bhutto's widower to take over as president.
AFP - Britain vowed Saturday to work closely with new Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to promote stability and fight the "shared threat of violent extremism" in the country, a key ally of the West.
