Obama kicks off campaign with infrastructure plan
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, scrambling to jump-start job creation in a sluggish economy, proposed a six-year plan on Monday to rebui

Tropical Storm Hermine grows and aims for Mexico border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday as it approached landfall near the U.S.-Mexico border, but

U.S. commander seeks 2,000 new troops for Afghanistan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has requested another 2,000 troops for the foreign force fighting the Taliban insurgen

U.N. watchdog says Iran boosts nuclear work
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pushing ahead with its nuclear program in defiance of tougher sanctions and is hampering the U.N. atom watchdog's work by b

U.S. Afghanistan commanders condemn Koran-burning plan
MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan warned on Monday that a small Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniv

Israel PM sees deal possible in year: spokesman
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told visiting U.S. congressmen he thinks it could be possible to reach a peace dea

Nineteen killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan
LAKKI MARWAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 p

Guatemala resumes rescue work after landslide
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Emergency services in Guatemala on Monday resumed their search for victims of landslides that killed and buried dozens of p

Blair cancels book-signing over protests
LONDON (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday he had canceled a book-signing in London this week to mark the launch of his memoir

Diverse water sources key to food security: report
LONDON (Reuters) - Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water ex