A Shiite Muslim shop owner opened fire on a funeral procession, killing two people and wounding six others in a Sunni neighborhood, police said, a day after Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized most of the capital's Muslim sector.

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will return to his homeland - despite threats to his life - to take part in a presidential runoff against President Robert Mugabe that could defeat the longtime "dictator."

Shiite militants have agreed on a ceasefire in Baghdad's embattled neighborhood of Sadr City, holding out hope that weeks of clashes in the capital could be at an end.

A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country.

Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of key parts of Beirut from Sunni rivals loyal to the U.S.-backed government, in a dramatic show-of-force certain to strengthen the Iranian-allied group's hand.

With only a few aging helicopters and little disaster experience, Myanmar's junta is risking the lives of cyclone survivors by running a massive relief operation alone, aid experts say.

The tragedy of devastation from last weekend's cyclone in Myanmar is made worse by ruling junta's apparent disregard for its victims.

Myanmar's military rulers held elections aimed at solidifying their hold on power, while brazenly turning cyclone relief efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases, generals' names were scribbled onto boxes of foreign aid.

An Austrian judge ruled that a man accused of fathering seven children with a daughter he held captive for more than two decades should remain in custody, an official said.

Spain has laid formal claim to a shipwreck that yielded an estimated $500 million in treasure, saying it has proof the vessel is Spanish and demanding that a Florida deep-sea exploration firm that recovered the booty give it all back.