Insurgents in Iraq holding seven truck drivers captive are believed to have extended a deadline to execute one of them, as efforts continue to negotiate their release.
Negotiators at the World Trade Organization in Geneva have worked all night, hoping to seal a new global agreement to liberalize trade. Officials extended Friday's deadline by a day to allow delegates more time to reach an accord that could result in hundreds of billions of dollars in additional trade.
Pakistan's prime minister-designate has survived an assassination attempt that killed at least five people and wounded 30 others.