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KABUL (Reuters) – Eight foreign medical workers and two Afghans shot by unidentified gunmen were likely killed in an “opportunistic ambush,” the international Christian aid organization for which they worked said on Thursday.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s People Liberation Army demanded a tough response to U.S. plans to send an aircraft carrier to naval exercises near its coast, saying that “respect” was at stake.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pessimism over the economy is rising and the grim mood could hurt both parties in the November 2 congressional elections, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. tactic of pouring money into ailing financial firms during the 2007-09 crisis helped many foreign banks whose governments should have shared some of the burden, a report from a congressional watchdog agency said on Thursday.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – A U.S. Army officer who said the Guantanamo prison camp had eroded America’s moral authority was booted from the jury pool on Wednesday in the war crimes trial of a young Canadian.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – General Motors Co has secured a $5 billion credit facility, two people briefed on the bank deal said on Wednesday, marking the return of the top U.S. automaker to the capital markets a year after it emerged from a landmark bankruptcy.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Automaker General Motors Co has finalized its $5 billion credit facility and plans to file for its initial public offering on Friday, according to sources familiar with the situation.