Washington/Islamabad (Agencies): Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders have been moving gold from Pakistan to Sudan in recent weeks through the United Arab Emirates and Iran, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Nairobi (Reuters): Sudan geared up for fresh fighting on Tuesday as the government and rebels traded blame over the collapse of landmark talks to end Africa's longest-running civil war.

London (Reuters): Iraq, maneuvering to avert a U.S. attack, offered on Tuesday to work with the United Nations to defuse its crisis with a skeptical United States.

Johannesburg, South Africa (Agence France-Presse): The troubled UN pact on global warming got a big boost at the Earth Summit here on Tuesday when Russia...

Jerusalem (Agence France-Presse): The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to expel to the Gaza Strip two relatives of a West Bank militant, an unprecedented move in the current conflict,

Johannesburg (Agencies): The Earth Summit entered its second-last day here on Tuesday amid renewed efforts to complete an action plan on poverty and the environment.

Rio de Janeiro (Associated Press): The world's oil producers met here Monday for an industry summit aimed at cleaning up their image as enemies of the environment.

Vladivostok, Russia (Agence France-Presse): Russia from Wednesday hosts its first investment summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, but disappointing turnout and poor organization has already marred the event.

Madrid (Agence France-Presse): Real Madrid got its Spanish league campaign off to a winning start with a 2-0 victory over Espanyol here on Monday but the European champion did little to impress new recruit Ronaldo.

New York (Agence France-Presse): Thirteen-time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras and third seed Tommy Haas each rallied for a five-set triumph to book a fourth-round US Open showdown while world number one...