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President Obama made an unannounced stop in Baghdad on Tuesday as he returned from his European trip. It's Obama's first war-zone visit as president.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has used his country's vast energy wealth to return Moscow to the world stage during his eight years in office. But instead of integrating with the West, as some had hoped, the Kremlin has made its mark by opposing Western policy.

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez commanded ground troops in Iraq from 2003 to 2004; it was on his watch that the Abu Ghraib prison scandal took place. Subsequently, Sanchez has vocally criticized the conduct of the Iraq war — especially the Bush administration's "catastrophically flawed, unrealistically optimistic war plan." His new book is Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story.

The deadly 7.8 magnitude quake hit China Monday afternoon — Xinhua News Agency reports that more than 8,533 people have been killed in the devastation. Its force flattened at least eight schools and one hospital and was felt hundreds of miles away in Beijing and Shanghai.

The Federal Reserve cuts a key interest rate by a quarter-point amid signs the Fed is wrapping up a rate-cutting spree meant to keep the economy out of a crippling recession. But the Fed's future course will depend on inflation and the weakness of the dollar.

FBI agents raided a federal agency, the Office of the Special Counsel, amid allegations that the office has been misused for political purposes. Agents investigating possible obstruction of justice confiscated computers and also searched the home of Scott Bloch, the head of the OSC.

Conventional wisdom says Barack Obama will win Tuesday's primary in North Carolina. However, Hillary Clinton leads in the polls in Indiana. If that's how it pans out, not much changes in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, which is good news for Obama.

Barack Obama won the North Carolina Democratic primary Tuesday by a wide margin. He narrowly missed capturing the Indiana contest. The results have re-energized the Illinois senator's quest for the presidential nomination.

In a rare move, Myanmar authorities have appealed for help from international aid agencies as food and water run short after a deadly cyclone. A World Vision official for the Asia-Pacific region says there are reportedly piles of bodies in the hardest-hit areas.

The U.S. ambassador to Thailand said an American plane filled with relief supplies was ready to take off for Myanmar on Thursday, but the government there revoked permission. U.S. disaster relief specialists are also having trouble getting in, despite their unique and badly needed skills.