The convictions last week of two of Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s former campaign aides have scrambled local politics in the nation’s capital, dimming Gray’s influence and brightening the political prospects of some other city leaders. Read full article > >

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Mayoral ambitions surfacing early in D.C.

The world’s oldest marathon runner is set to join more than 27,000 runners on the streets of the Scottish capital at the 10th Edinburgh Marathon Festival.

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‘Oldest’ runner, 101, at marathon

When Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lost the presidential election by a sliver of a percent in July 2006, he cried fraud. His supporters took to the streets, and the most fervent blocked the capital city’s major boulevard for weeks. Read full article > >

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Lopez Obrador tries again in Mexico

African Union (AU) forces in Somalia say they have captured a strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamist militants pulled out.

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Key Somali militant town ‘taken’

As the presidential campaign veers off onto the Bain Capital ramp, the predictable arguments ensue: Is the turn simply a political attack meant to distract from bad economic news? (So says Mitt Romney). Or is it an important, valid argument at the heart of the contest? (So says President Barack Obama.)

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Borger: Obama’s attacks backfiring?

Thousands of Somalis flee fighting as African Union troops advance on Afgoye, a stronghold near the capital of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.

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Thousands flee Somalia advance

A group of six world powers begin fresh talks with Iran in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, about Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme.

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Powers begin Iran nuclear talks

Leading Bahraini political and human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja appears in court in the capital, Manama, for his retrial.

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Bahrain activist attends retrial

President Obama defended his campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney ’s record as a private-equity executive at Bain Capital, telling reporters Monday that Romney’s history is fair game. The president’s remarks came in the face of criticism, some from within his own party, that the attacks were inappropriate. Read full article > >

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President Obama defends his attacks on Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Bulgaria on Tuesday, about 14 miles outside the capital of Sofia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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5.8-magnitude quake rattles Bulgaria

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been buried in a private ceremony in a western suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

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VIDEO: Lockerbie bomber’s funeral held

At least 20 people were killed and more than 60 wounded when a man in soldier’s uniform blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, a police source said.

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At Least 20 Killed, 60 Wounded in Sanaa Suicide Attack

The funeral of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is due to take place in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, later.

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Lockerbie bomber’s funeral due

At least two people are killed and 18 injured in clashes overnight in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the first there since the Syrian conflict began.

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First Beirut clashes over Syria

Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, a close ally of President Obama in the upcoming election, slammed the president’s campaign Sunday for ads attacking Mitt Romney’s work for the private-equity firm Bain Capital. Read full article > >

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker slams Obama campaign attack on Romney’s work for Bain Capital