An Iraqi army commander says U.S.-backed forces have launched an operation against Al Qaeda in Mosul.

On the first day of a cease-fire between Shiite militants and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, authorities in Baghdad's Sadr City reported no violence on Sunday as gunmen withdrew from the streets and shops reopened after two months of intense clashes.

More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a British aid group warned that up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon.

An Australian swimmer who was mauled by a 16-foot shark and survived said Sunday he saw a shadow in the water seconds before the attack and thought it was a dolphin.

Heavy fighting breaks out between pro- and anti-government supporters in Lebanon's central mountains, sending echoes of gunfire and explosions rolling across Beirut, security officials said.

Turkish warplanes and artillery units have hit Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, following a rebel raid on a military outpost in Turkey, the military said Sunday.

Burma's monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow when a boat laden with relief supplies sank on its way to the disaster zone.

Sudan severed relations with Chad on Sunday, accusing it of supporting fighters who assaulted the capital the night before and warned that a top Darfur rebel leader was hiding somewhere in the city.

Two people were instantly killed after a carousel jumped its tracks and slammed into a pole, sending people flying.

Russians marked the defeat of Nazi Germany with return of tradition showcasing more than 100 tanks, mobile missile units and armored vehicles.

A U.S. diplomat left North Korea on Saturday with boxes of documents detailing activities at the nuclear reactor that is at the heart of the communist country's nuclear weapons program.

Zimbabwe's top opposition leader said Saturday he will contest a presidential runoff and will soon return to his homeland.

Police say Paul Burrell, Princess Diana's former butler who was caught on camera saying he had not been entirely truthful, will not face a perjury charge, saying there is not enough evidence to launch an investigation.

When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his top lieutenants convene the first meeting of the U.N.'s Task Force on the Global Food Crisis Monday, they should ask oil-rich member-states why they haven't been giving any aid.