Israel is coming under fire for its plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement.

Silvio Berlusconi's allies pushed a controversial measure through parliament on Wednesday that shields the Italian premier from prosecution in two ongoing trials.

President Barack Obama is renewing America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he understands the situation there "remains dire."

Police now say suspected militants used a homemade bomb in an attack at the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group in northwestern Pakistan that killed six Pakistani employees.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change.