In Lebanon, Hezbollah is educating a younger generation to continue its military struggle against Israel.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised that Russia would emerge stronger from a world economic crisis he said had been triggered by U.S. recklessness.

Hundreds of rebel forces have pulled back from three front lines in eastern Congo, the U.N. confirmed, as aid workers scrambled to reach more of the 300,000 refugees.

In a keynote speech to the ruling party congress, Pime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced tax cuts to spur the economy and increased spending on social programs.

Al Qaeda’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, sought to dampen enthusiasm for Barack Obama’s election by saying that the “new face” of America only masked a “heart full of hate.”

A jury member in the trial of three men accused of involvement in the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya contradicted reports jurors had asked for a closed trial.

Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition will meet to review President Robert Mubabe’s plan to unilaterally form a unity government, an opposition official said.

The Chinese government issued several new measures aimed at reining in abuses in the dairy industry.

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former President Jimmy Carter are defying a state-run media report advising them against the humanitarian mission.

Striking for the first time beyond Pakistan’s tribal areas, a pilotless U.S. aircraft fired missiles at a village well inside Pakistani territory on Wednesday, a Pakistani official said.

Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin faces charges of complicity in a smear campaign that targeted Nicolas Sarkozy before he was elected president, an official confirmed.

An anti-government protester was killed and at least 29 were injured in an attack against activists occupying the Government House in Bangkok, according to reports.

Striking for the first time beyond Pakistan’s tribal areas, a pilotless U.S. aircraft fired missiles at a village well inside Pakistani territory on Wednesday, a Pakistani official said.

Experts said that the milestone was mostly symbolic, and that Iran was not likely to risk a “nuclear breakout” yet.

As Congo rebel chief Laurent Nkunda seeks to refashion himself as a national political leader, it’s not clear if he has the professional staff beneath him to realize his ambitions.

Physicians transplanted a human windpipe, using stem cells from the recipient’s bone marrow to reline a donor trachea and prevent its rejection by her immune system.

Mahmoud Abbas received a courtesy phone call from American president-elect Barack Obama, who confirmed that he would work for peace, a Palestinian official said.

The judge in the trial of three men accused of involvement in the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya decided to bar the media.

The Indian Navy said it battled would-be hijackers in the Gulf of Aden, sinking one vessel and forcing the pirates to abandon another.

Longtime North Korea watchers say recent public moves by the country fit a familiar and consistent pattern, and that they may even signal an upturn in relations with the United States.