KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Six countries reported a complete shutoff of Russian gas shipped via Ukraine on Tuesday, in a sharp escalation of a struggle over energy that threatens Europe as winter sets in....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Pakistani authorities "must have had" a hand in the deadly Mumbai siege, India's prime minister said Tuesday, stopping just short of directly accusing Islamabad of aiding the gunmen....

GAZA CITY, Gaza (AP) -- Israeli shells slammed into Gaza and ground forces edged closer to major population centers Tuesday, taking more civilian lives after Israel ignored mounting international calls for an immediate cease-fire....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi police say gunmen have killed a member of President Jalal Talabani's political party in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Kirkuk....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban has long exaggerated its military successes, but its figures for 2008 may be the militia's most startling claims yet....

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) -- Jett Travolta's body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a seizure, an undertaker said Monday, after doctors performed an autopsy on the 16-year-old son of the U.S actor....

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations said Monday there is an "increasingly alarming" humanitarian crisis in Gaza, directly contradicting Israeli denials that its offensive caused the growing problem....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican and Democratic House members said Monday that the alleged $50 billion fraud involving Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff reflects deep, systemic problems at the Securities and Exchange Commission....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The contours of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas are emerging, with diplomacy focusing on international guarantees, including foreign border monitors to oversee any agreement....

EREZ CROSSING, Israel (AP) -- Israel scrapped arrangements Monday to allow the first foreign reporters into the Gaza Strip since the military launched its offensive against Palestinian militants, adding to mounting media frustration at being locked out of the war zone....

PARIS (AP) -- A European convert to Islam allegedly caught on camera beside Osama bin Laden denied Monday any role in a 2002 suicide attack on a Tunisian synagogue allegedly ordered by the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S....

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Wailing in grief, Salah Samouni banged his head against a wall inside the hospital morgue where the bodies of his three young nephews lay on the floor Monday....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqis wounded by gunfire in a Baghdad square 15 months ago are awaiting with guarded hopes the beginning of court proceedings against five former private Blackwater Worldwide security guards....

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The call to use oil as a weapon against Israel's friends once would have echoed in capitals across the Middle East. But even as fighting widens in Gaza, threats of an oil embargo by some in Iran and Bahrain are falling flat....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq has made tremendous progress in recent months but the United States must remain engaged over the long term if it wants those gains to solidify, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said....

BEIJING (AP) -- China warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese users, the latest in a series of government crackdowns targeting Internet content....

VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- More nations must take in Guantanamo inmates once the U.S.-run prison closes, the U.N.'s torture investigator said Monday, insisting that many were held simply because they were "in the wrong place at the wrong time."...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied Monday in Pyongyang's main square to show their support for new year's policies laid out by leader Kim Jong Il calling for bolstering the country's military....

SDEROT, Israel (AP) -- Israelis bombarded by Palestinian rockets have begun to emerge from homes and shelters, regaining confidence after columns of Israeli soldiers moved into Gaza to crush the militants who have rained missiles on them for eight years....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek police say a weapon gunmen have fired at police in Athens was used last year in an attack claimed by a domestic extremist group that has previously targeted the U.S. Embassy....