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Moldovan government attacking journalists, reporter says

Alina Radu’s newsroom in Moldova has turned into an impromptu safehouse for local journalists, as their attempts to cover massive anti-government protests this week have put them in danger in the former Soviet state. Radu, director of the Moldova’s weekly newspaper, Ziarul de Garda, told CNN Friday that attacks from authorities against journalists are the worst she has seen in her 20 years of experience as a journalist. She said more than 10 reporters were huddled in her newsroom, afraid to return home.

Scientist: My quake prediction was ignored

A researcher says he predicted Monday’s devastating earthquake that killed dozens of people and left tens of thousands homeless in central Italy, but authorities dismissed him as a scaremonger. Gioacchino Giuliani, an employee at a physics institute at Gran Sasso, near the badly-hit city of L’Aquila, has demanded an official apology for what he says was an unforgivable failure to act on his predictions. “There are people who must apologize to me, and they must have the weight of what occurred on their conscience,” Giuliani said after the quake hit, according to local news site Ilcapoluogo.com.

Report: 2 taken from scene of deadly Binghamton shootings

A lone gunman began shooting Friday in an immigration services building in Binghamton, New York, killing at least four people, a law enforcement source close to the situation said. The source said more than a dozen were wounded. Police on the scene told CNN affiliate WBNG-TV that up to 12 people were killed in the shooting.

U.S. to North Korea: Don’t launch your missile

The State Department on Thursday sent a blunt, public message to North Korea: Don’t launch your missile.

Kurtz: Exploring the scene at octuplets’ house

Gloria Allred was at the octuplet mom’s house when the confrontation began. By the time it was over, someone had called 911 to have the high-profile attorney ejected, she was in a war of words over the level of care for Nadya Suleman’s babies, and Dr

Russia ready to help bring peace to Afghanistan

Russia said Friday it is ready to help normalize the situation in Afghanistan, where U.S.-led forces are battling the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban for control of the country. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov read a message at a conference on Afghanistan from President Dmitry Medvedev in which the Russian leader pledged his support to bring peace to the Asian nation, said the state-run RIA Novosti news agency

25 dead in 5 days of battles in Kashmir

Five days of gunbattles between the Indian army and separatist militants in Indian-administered Kashmir have left at least 25 dead — eight Indian army troopers, including one officer, and 17 militants, the Indian military said Tuesday.

Geithner to seek unprecedented powers, insiders say

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will push for unprecedented new regulatory powers on Tuesday to seize financial institutions whose failure would pose serious risks to the U.S. financial system, according to two senior administration officials. Geithner is expected to make his case in testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.

Families find little comfort at Afghan children’s hospital

Babies lie side by side in warming beds or sprawled on blankets atop crude wooden tables. Children with wounds and broken bones are carried in by their parents to wait on stiff plastic chairs. Outside, coughing youngsters squat on the pavement with their anxious families, waiting for care

U.S. blames Sudan’s president for Darfur ‘catastrophe’

The U.S. State Department threw aside diplomatic language Tuesday, attacking Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for creating what it calls a "catastrophe" by throwing many international aid workers out of the country