CNN.com - WORLD

U.N. chief: Climate change deal reached

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:40:16 EST

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday a "deal has been reached" that could be the framework for a binding global climate change treaty. He called the accord "an essential beginning."

U.S. test to simulate Iran missile attack

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:51:08 EST

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency will practice protecting the United States from a simulated Iranian missile attack next month in an exercise using the agency's newest missile-killing technology, Pentagon officials said Friday.

Iraqis say oil well still being held; Iran denies claims

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:26:15 EST

Both Iraq and Iran stood their ground Saturday over the reported seizure of a southern Iraqi oil well by Iranian forces.

Pope John Paul II a step closer to sainthood

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:31:52 EST

Pope John Paul II was a step closer to sainthood Saturday after Pope Benedict XVI signed a decree recognizing the late pontiff's "heroic virtues" and declaring him "venerable," the Vatican said.

Iraqis say Iran seizes oil well in southern Iraq

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:59:04 EST

Iranian security forces seized an oil well in southern Iraq on Thursday night, two senior Iraqi government officials said Friday.

U.S., Russia making progress on nuke deal, Obama says

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:38:03 EST

President Obama said Friday that the United States and Russia are close to forging a new nuclear disarmament treaty "in a timely manner."

Mom pleads with Iran to free daughter

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:24:03 EST

Saying that the bond among families "unites us as children of God," a mother pleaded Friday with Iran's supreme leader to release her daughter and two other hikers detained in the country.

Benedict to expedite sainthood process for Pope John Paul II

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:38:46 EST

Pope Benedict XVI is expected to sign a decree on Saturday that will put his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, a step closer to sainthood.

Source: Yemen airstrike kills al Qaeda deputy

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:52:00 EST

An airstrike in Yemen earlier this week killed a leading al Qaeda figure in the Arab nation, a Yemeni government official said Friday.

Even at the DMV, corruption a way of life in Afghanistan

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:53:42 EST

In the Afghan capital's department of motor vehicles, the simple act of registering a car can turn into days, even weeks, of waiting and frustration. Unless you pay off the right people.