Petraeus replaces General Stanley McChrystal who was fired last month for remarks he and his aides made to Rolling Stone magazine
Biden met separately Sunday with Iraq's Shi'ite PM Nouri al-Maliki and his main challenger for the post, former Shi'ite PM Ayad Allawi
Iraqi-born Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah died Sunday at 75
Earlier Sunday, Azerbaijani President pressed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to help solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Armenia
Acting President Bronislaw Komorowski faces a tough challenge from Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin brother of the late president Kaczynski
Eighteen people were killed, 30 wounded Sunday when two buses smashed into a truck within seconds of each other
Officials say at least 230 people were killed after the truck overturned and later burst into flames in the remote village of Sange
Mexican states are casting ballots, elections overshadowed by country's drug war
Australia's Federal Court has ruled Charles Zentai, 88, should not be sent to Hungary because of his age and ill health
Independence Day holiday marks the occasion in 1776 when US colonies declared independence from Britain
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