The pillars of Americans’ financial security — jobs and home values — will stay shaky well into 2011, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.

President Barack Obama and presidents, prime ministers and other top officials from 47 countries start work on a battle plan to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.

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A landslide hits and derails a train in northern Italy, killing 11 people and leaving some 30 injured, officials say.

Russian investigators say there were no technical problems with the Soviet-made plane that crashed and killed the Polish president and 95 others over the weekend.

International troops opened fire on a bus carrying Afghan civilians early Monday, killing four people and setting off anti-American protests in a southern city that is a hotbed of the Taliban insurgency.

US President Barack Obama gathered world leaders at a 47-nation summit Monday, aiming to deprive terror groups of nuclear weapons and warning of a grave and growing threat to the planet.

Fresh doubts emerged on Monday over the readiness and scale of a European financial rescue package for debt-stricken Greece, taking the shine off early enthusiasm seen in a rising euro.

FA Cup finalists Portsmouth are set to ask the English Football Association if they can play in the Europa League next season following their shock semi-final win over Tottenham.

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza married Monday after a troubled engagement in a union that bridges the two nations’ bitter sporting and political divide.

The euro surged Monday after eurozone countries unveiled a massive package to support debt-laden Greece, giving a boost to most Asian shares.