Suspicious UPS, FedEx packages raise new concerns about Al Qaeda in Yemen

Shooter targeting Marine Corps facilities could be ex-marine

The shots fired at the Marine Corps museum overnight mark the fourth shooting of a Marine Corps-linked facility this month. But authorities say individual marines don't appear to be at risk.

Consumers, businesses boost US economy; 5 things we learn from GDP report

The US economy grew 2 percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reports. But imports limited the benefit to the GDP from increased consumer and business spending.

Obama, Clinton visit India with wary eye on rising China

President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton are making trips to India and the region in the coming weeks, with an eye toward strengthening alliances to counterbalance China.

Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity' energizes expats from Paris to Prague

Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity' may have compelled some Americans living abroad to cast votes in a mid-term election they may have otherwise ignored.

Immigrants gaining jobs, native-born Americans aren't

Since the recession's end in June 2009, legal and illegal immigrants posted a net gain of 656,000 jobs, while native-born Americans lost 1.2 million, says a Pew Hispanic Center report.

As stonethrowing escalates, Israeli police round up Arab children in E. Jerusalem

Residents in the volatile neighborhood of Silwan say more than 100 youths have been arrested in the past month – often taken from their homes at 3 or 4 a.m.

Are tea party candidates helped or hurt by three-way races?

Three-way races are dynamic and hard to predict. This is true in Senate races in Alaska and Florida, though with different results for tea party candidates Joe Miller and Marco Rubio.

Florida's October surprise: Clinton urged Meek to exit Senate race

Democrat Kendrick Meek says he'll stay in the three-way Florida Senate race, but the Clinton-Meek saga is a PR nightmare for the party.

How Germany's Merkel convinced EU to change rules after the Greek crisis

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, together with France's government, pushed through a tough amendment to EU finance rules today.

Russia to drop Microsoft in quest for 'national' operating system

Russia says it hopes to switch all government and school computers from Microsoft's operating system to the open source Linux by the end of the year.

North, South Korea trade gunfire across tense border

South Korea says that North Korean forces 'launched the first shots' in an exchange of gunfire in a remote region. The flare-up comes just before a reunion of families divided by the Korean War.

Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts again and threatens more

Indonesia's Mt. Merapi erupted again on Friday. Officials say most, but not all, of the danger is past.

• Rescue workers, officials debate warning system as Indonesian volcano erupts again

Cut out of Burma election, Kachin minority could turn guns on junta

The ethnic Kachin, legendary guerrillas who spent decades fighting Burma's military regime, have been cut out of the Burma election scheduled for Nov. 7.

• In Burma's rare elections, fresh faced candidates run against the grain

China cracks down on supports of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo

Since Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize three weeks ago, dozens of his supporters have disappeared, been subjected to police surveillance, or been put under house arrest.

Israel could lease Palestinian lands in exchange for Palestinian statehood: report

In exchange for a state of their own, Palestinians would lease Israel parts of the long-contested lands for the next 40 to 99 years, according to a report today in Al-Sharq al-Awsat.

Pentagon had red flags about command climate in 'kill team' Stryker brigade

Five soldiers in the 5th Stryker brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division are charged with forming a 'kill team' in Afghanistan. The commander of that brigade is not implicated in any criminal proceedings, but some Pentagon officials worry that his aggressive philosophy might have been an 'enabler.'