Bosnia-Herzegovina
SARAJEVO — Islamic militants with ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups have been crisscrossing the Balkans for more than 15 years, according to an intelligence report on their activities in Bosnia. The analysis, compiled by U.S. and Croatian intelligence and obtained by The Associated Press, said extremists financed in part with drug-smuggling cash were trying to infiltrate Western Europe from Afghanistan and points farther east via Turkey, Kosovo and Albania.
Chad
N'DJAMENA — Chad's president on Monday backed off a threat to expel Sudanese refugees, heeding international calls to protect the tens of thousands who have fled the volatile Darfur region. President Idriss Deby's government also extended a deadline for halting oil production, saying it welcomed U.S. help in resolving a dispute with the World Bank over oil payments.
Cuba
HAVANA — Seven women whose attempt to leave Cuba with their children was frustrated when Cuban coast guard officials opened fire on their alleged smugglers will stand trial for endangering their children, state media reported Monday.
Iraq
BAGHDAD — U.S. troops repelled an attack Monday by Sunni Arab insurgents who used suicide car bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons in a coordinated assault against Ramadi's main government building and two U.S. observation posts.
Japan
TOKYO — The United States tried Monday to calm fears over the first deployment of a nuclear-powered warship off Japan, which have helped bog down a wider plan to restructure U.S. forces there. The USS George Washington is slated to replace the non-nuclear USS Kitty Hawk at a naval base outside Tokyo in 2008.
Mexico
TULTITLAN — A state policeman fatally shot a local man whom he apparently mistook for a Central American immigrant during a raid on undocumented workers Monday, infuriating residents who overturned and smashed two immigration service trucks.
Nepal
KATMANDU — With defiance of royal rule spreading, security forces fatally shot a fifth protester Monday while King Gyanendra searched for a way out of a crisis that has plunged the Himalayan land into its worst turmoil since he seized absolute power 14 months ago.
Qatar
DOHA — Qatar said Monday it would give the Palestinian government $50 million in aid to help make up for a shortfall after the United States and the European Union cut off funding.
Somalia
BAIDOA — Somalia has granted the U.S. Navy permission to patrol its coastal waters in an effort to combat piracy off the lawless Horn of Africa nation, the prime minister said. Ali Mohamed Gedi told lawmakers Sunday the United States also would help the transitional government set up a coast guard to secure the 1,880-mile coastline.