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Unlike al Qaeda, the Pakistani Taliban organization has shown little appetite for taking its brand of jihadism beyond the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Maybe that's changing.

For years his party has been an also-ran in British elections, but a scandal and a debate have put Nick Clegg in a position no Liberal Democrat party leader has held in recent memory: potential kingmaker.

Protesters battled riot police in Athens Tuesday as thousands of Greek public sector workers began a 48-hour strike against planned cuts in government spending. FULL STORY l STABILITY FEARS SPREAD l STOCKS PLUNGE

Thousands of Greek public sector workers began a 48-hour strike Tuesday against planned cuts in government spending.

A U.S. citizen has been arrested in New York over a failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces. LATEST UPDATES | TIMELINE | YOUR STORY |

Airspace over Ireland will reopen Tuesday afternoon after ash from an Icelandic volcano forced a six-hour shutdown, the Irish Aviation Authority announced.

Japan's prime minister visited Okinawa and delivered an unpopular message Tuesday: it will be challenging to move a U.S. Marine Corps base off the island.

Anti-government protesters who have been blocking off central Bangkok appear to have reached a deal with the government, their leaders told demonstrators Tuesday.

The alleged leader of a militant group responsible for global "jihadist recruitment" was arrested in Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said.

The U.S. has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and many thousands more that have been retired and awaiting dismantling, a senior defense official said.

Drug violence in the Mexican state of Chihuahua left 24 people dead in the span of 24 hours during the weekend, the state attorney general's office said Sunday.

Greek workers went on strike Monday, marching to parliament to protest cuts in government spending demanded by international funders.

Delegates from the United States, United Kingdom and France walked out Monday as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blasted the U.S. and Israel at a global gathering on disarmament.