U.S. fighter jets in Iraq have shot down an unmanned Iranian spy drone aircraft, the U.S. military said Monday.
U.S.: We shot down Iranian drone over Iraq
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Pakistan militants hit NATO supply convoy
Suspected Taliban militants destroyed 15 trucks in a NATO supply convoy in northwestern Pakistan’s restive tribal region early Monday, a Peshawar police official said.
Secrets of horror cellar revealed
Austrian investigators Monday released more details about the elaborate underground cellar where Josef Fritzl kept his daughter imprisoned for 24 years, along with three of their children.
N. Korea to let stranded S. Koreans cross
North Korea told South Korea Monday it will partly reopen its border, allowing stranded South Koreans to return home from a joint industrial complex in the communist country, the South Korean news agency Yonhap said.
Suicide attack kills 9 in Afghanistan
A suicide attack on police killed at least nine people in southern Afghanistan on Monday morning, authorities said.
Pakistan to reinstate judges after protests
All judges sacked by Pakistan’s previous president, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, will be reinstated, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani announced Monday after days of massive protests by lawyers demanding government action. “As per my commitment and the commitment of [President] Asif Ali Zardari, I announce the reinstatement of all deposed judges,” Gilani said in his address Monday
Police officer killed in Northern Ireland shooting
A police officer was killed in a shooting in Northern Ireland late Monday, just two days after two British troops were killed at a military base there, authorities said. Police said the officer was shot in the head in Craigavon, a town southwest of Belfast. The victim and a fellow officer were responding in a police car to a call of unknown origin when the shooting occurred, police said.
Nikkei tumbles to 26-year low
Japan’s bellwether Nikkei stock average lost 87 points on Monday to close at its lowest level since October 1982.
Search for three, including NFL players, continues
Rescuers seeking three missing boaters, including two NFL players, continued their search through the night and into early Tuesday off Florida’s Gulf Coast. With 2,000 square miles of water to search, the hope was the three were still alive despite having been dumped into the sea during a storm
FBI recovers 48 juveniles in prostitution raid
Law enforcement officials arrested more than 500 people, and took custody of 48 juveniles in a coordinated 29-city weekend sweep aimed at combating child prostitution, the FBI announced Monday.