Attacks in Moscow. Female suicide bombers set off huge explosions in two subway stations in central Moscow during the Monday morning rush hour, Russian officials said, killing more than three dozen people and raising fears that the Muslim insurgency in southern Russia was once again being brought to the country’s heart.
United Kingdom. Britain needs to use "sharp elbows" in its dealings with Washington because Barack Obama is "less sentimental" about the historic links between Britain and the United States, a former ambassador to the U.S. has claimed.
Afghanistan. President Obama personally delivered pointed criticism to President Hamid Karzai in a face-to-face meeting on Sunday, flying here for an unannounced visit that reflected growing vexation with Mr. Karzai as America’s military commitment to defeat the Taliban insurgency has deepened.
Quote of the Day. "We have seen need grow at certain times, but we have never seen a national economy like this. And we have never seen so many middle-class people lose their jobs and have to depend on emergency food assistance … It's no surprise that this is a very poor area. But I never would have expected to be No. 1 in food insecurity in the entire country." Susan Sanford, who has headed the Mid-South Food Bank in Memphis for the past two decades, on a survey that found 26 percent of people in greater Memphis couldn't afford to buy the food their families needed at some point over the previous 12 months, the highest rate in the nation. (McClatchy)
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