About 220 Zimbabweans have fled to the U.S. Embassy in Harare seeking refuge from election-related violence, according to U.S. Embassy spokesman Mark Weinberg.
Hours after a military operation that freed 15 hostages, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe urges peace by calling on leftist rebels to release all hostages.
Israeli authorities say a terrorist rammed a bulldozer into a bus and several other vehicles in Jerusalem, killing at least three people and wounding more than 30 others. The rampage lasted a few minutes before a police officer climbed onto the swerving bulldozer and shot dead the driver.
Iran's foreign minister has said his government might consider the American idea of opening a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Tehran -- comments coming amid possible progress in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
