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Israel launches new airstrikes in south Lebanon, just hours after the announcement of a 48-hour suspension of the aerial campaign. The partial suspension came after the bombing Sunday of an apartment building in the southern Lebanese town of Qana that left more than 50 civilians dead.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sits down with NPR's Michele Kelemen for an interview about Iran after meetings in Vienna with foreign ministers from other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany.

How does one man rack up $50 million in gambling loses? Pro golfer John Daly says he did, and became notorious for his fast living in the normally tame world of golf. He recounts his adventures in a new memoir, My Life In and Out of the Rough.

Many of the casualties occurred in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine's east, which are partially controlled by separatist rebels backed by Russia.

The United Nations Security Council is discussing a proposal to set the province of Kosovo clearly on the path to independence from Serbia.

Adm. Samuel Locklear says the U.S. could intercept a ballistic missile launched at the U.S. homeland or Pacific allies.

So far about 380 American officials and private citizens and 300 foreign nationals have been airlifted from the country.

The fighting in the North African country is some of the worst since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.

Der Spiegel reports that the current and former U.S. secretary of state were the inadvertent targets of German surveillance.

Fouad Massoum, who has a long history in Iraqi politics, took the oath of office vowing to protect the constitution and the unity of the country.