Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi was put on trial behind closed doors Monday, police ringing the prison court to deter supporters who say she is being prosecuted to keep her out of politics. Read more

Iraq on Monday set a provisional date of Jan. Read more

Former President Clinton will be named special U.N. envoy to this impoverished Caribbean nation that has been mired in political and social turmoil for decades, his spokesman said Monday. Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Obama at a White House meeting Monday that he wanted to resume peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but he stopped short of embracing the U.S. view of a fully sovereign Palestinian state. Read more

The two spies were allies and kindred spirits. Read more

In a dramatic move that caps a 25-year armed struggle between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebel movement, Sri Lankan state television announced today that reclusive Tamil Tiger founder and head Velupillai Prabhakaran has been killed. Read more

Neapolitan gangsters such as Raffaele Amato, the fugitive boss whom police captured Saturday night in the city of Marbella, have a name for Spain: La Costa Nostra, or Our Coast. Read more

Iran’s most powerful political and spiritual leader warned voters today against supporting pro-Western candidates in next month’s presidential election, comments widely seen as supporting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s approach to foreign policy over those of his challengers. Read more

The United States is jeopardizing its chances of success in Afghanistan by mistakenly inflicting casualties on civilians in airstrikes that undermine support for the war among the general population, the top U.S. military officer said Monday. Read more