By By KASIE HUNT and KEN THOMAS - 12 minutes ago As the sprint to the November election gets under way, Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, are pitching themselves as "America's Comeback Team," Republican turnaround artists willing to take on … Ryan selection shrouded in secrecy - The Associated Press
By By KASIE HUNT and STEVE PEOPLES - 1 minute ago NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- After Mitt Romney decided on a running mate, Paul Ryan's carefully planned transition from congressman to vice presidential candidate began -- in deep secret. Almost a week ago, … Israel Tests National SMS Warning Amid Reports of Looming Strike - Businessweek
By Calev Ben-David and Gwen Ackerman on August 12, 2012 Israel's Home Front Command this week will test its nationwide text-message system to alert the public of danger, the military said, amid reports that the country is considering a strike against … 300 killed in twin quakes in Iran - Xinhua
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — The death toll of Saturday's strong twin quakes in northwest Iran has risen to some 300, the semi- official Fars news agency cited an official as saying on Sunday. Reza Sadiqi, the governor of Ahar county in East Azerbaijan … Egypt Sinai peacekeepers deny they came under fire - Reuters
Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda pulls away late in race to win Olympic men's marathon
LONDON – Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda surged ahead late in the race to win the Olympic marathon and capture the first medal for his country at the London Games.
Court to rule on cases against Bahrain activist
A lawyer for prominent Bahrain rights activist Nabeel Rajab says a court will issue verdicts in four cases pending against him on Thursday. Pope remembers victims of Asian calamities
Pope Benedict XVI has remembered the victims of Iran’s violent quake as well as those impacted by unusually heavy rains in the Philippines and China.
India's Maruti eyes late August plant reopening
India's top carmaker Maruti Suzuki may resume production in late August at a factory closed last month after a deadly riot by workers, a company executive said Sunday. 2 separate attacks in Iraq kill 5, injure 5
A bomb attack and a drive-by shooting against security forces and government employees in and around Baghdad killed five people and injured five others on Sunday, police and health officials said.
WikiLeaks says its site has suffered weeklong denial-of-service attack
LONDON – The secret-busting organization WikiLeaks says it’s been the victim of a sustained denial-of-service attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible for more than a week.
Saudi Arabia gives $50 million aid to Myanmar Muslims
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has ordered $50 million in aid be sent to a Muslim minority in Myanmar which a human rights group said has been targeted by the authorities since sectarian riots in June. A report on the Saudi state news agency said the Rohingya community had been "exposed to many violations of human rights including ethnic cleansing, murder, rape and forced displacement". "King Abdullah … has ordered that assistance of the amount of $50 million be provided to the Rohingya Muslim citizens in Myanmar," said the report which was carried by Saudi media on Sunday. … Uganda's Kiprotich wins men's Olympic marathon
Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich won the men's Olympic marathon on Sunday. Five killed in Iraq attacks
Twin bombings and a shooting in and around Baghdad on Sunday killed five people, including three Iraqi policemen, security and medical officials said. Palestinian leadership says Gaza tunnels a 'threat'
The Palestinian Authority has condemned the network of smuggling tunnels between Hamas-run Gaza and Egypt as a "threat" to security and lauded Cairo's campaign to seal them. Shallow 6.3 quake jolts western China: USGS
A shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled western China Sunday on the border between Xinjiang and Tibet, the US Geological Survey said. 
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