THE WHITE HOUSE — The White House says President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone Tuesday night after both sides said the two will not meet later this month in New York City, where they will attend the United Nations General Assembly session.
U.S. Ambassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens was killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday.
Iraq's Sunni Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death on Sunday. He told the press that the murder conviction and death sentence was a sham and is politically motivated.
MOSCOW — At least 10 environmental activists have been arrested outside the headquarters of Russia’s energy giant, Gazprom. The Greenpeace demonstrators are protesting Russia's Arctic drilling.