UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provoked yet another controversy Thursday saying a majority of people in the United States and around the world believe the American government staged the Sept. 11 terror attacks in an attempt to assure Israel’s survival.

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

China demands answers after 8 Hong Kong tourists killed in Philippine bus hijacking

China anger after 8 tourists die on hijacked bus

Pakistan summons British envoy following dispute over UK prime minister’s terror claim

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Inexperience or truth-teller? Cameron starts new chapter in less-than-polite British diplomacy

Venezuela captures 6 purported far-right paramilitary fighters from Colombia near border

Venezuela nabs 6 Colombian paramilitary suspects

For Polanski, an old life returns: Safe in France, Poland, Switzerland but danger elsewhere

Polanski only safe in France, Poland, Switzerland

Israeli strikes on smuggling tunnels kill 2, say Palestinian officials

Israeli strikes on smuggling tunnels kill 2

Lucrative heroin trade lurks in background of ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan

Heroin trade a backdrop to Kyrgyz violence

Tens of thousands of Uzbek refugees flee to border to escape ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan

Uzbeks flee Kyrgyzstan, seek safety at border

100,000 Uzbek refugees flee to border to escape mobs in Kyrgyzstan; US, others send aid

100,000 Uzbek refugees seek safety at border

Swiss man released from Libya says he was ‘kidnapped’, kept in solitary captivity for 53 days

Swiss released from Libya tells of 53-day solitude

Mexico condemns Border Patrol shooting of teen; some demand agent’s extradition to Mexico

Mexico condemns Border Patrol shooting of teen

US Border Patrol agent kills Mexican teen near El Paso, raising tensions between neighbors

Mexico teen killed by US Border Patrol, anger high

APNewsBreak: US official says video appears to show Mexican officers entered US after boy shot

El Paso Border Patrol shooting murky

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — U.S. and Mexican officials are trading suggestions of misconduct as the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the border with Texas swells into a full-blown international incident.

China says North Korean border guard shot and killed 3 Chinese last week, wounded another

China says NKorean border guard killed 3 Chinese

Turkish group behind raided flotilla says it has millions to spend on Gaza aid

Turkish group behind flotilla is Gaza’s new hero

Japan prosecutors to release Chinese captain held in boat collision that raised tensions

US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech, Iranian says most people think US staged 9/11 attacks

US walks out on Ahmadinejad’s UN speech as he says some think Americans caused 9/11 attacks

Cambodian opposition leader convicted, sentenced to 10 years in absentia for dishonoring govt

AP Interview: Iran’s president says future belongs to Iran, is not seeking atomic bomb

US woman who was held in Iran for year says she’s not a spy, detention was ‘misunderstanding’

China postpones senior official’s visit to Japan amid diplomatic dispute over ship collision

US Marine raid reclaims ship from pirate hands off Somalia

Jimmy Carter arrives in Pyongyang; ex-president seeking to bring home jailed American