LAKKI MARWAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al Qaeda- and Taliban-linked militants. […]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was confident her government's plans to extend the lifespans of Germany's nuclear power plants will not need the approval of the upper house of parliament. […]

KABUL (Reuters) - The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according to an independent monitoring site Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters. […]

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain cannot trust Sunday's truce announcement by armed Basque separatist group ETA and will continue to pursue its members, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said on national television Monday. […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's prime minister said he was wrong to accuse Syria of killing his father, Rafik al-Hariri, in 2005 and said the charge against Damascus had been politically motivated. […]