Reuters: Top Global and Breaking News

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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A young Canadian's Guantanamo war crimes tribunal was suspended on Friday for at least a month because his lawyer was being flown back to the United States for medical treatment.

Canadian's Guantanamo trial halted, lawyer is ill

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it will begin loading nuclear fuel into the reactor of Iran's first atomic power station on August 21, an irreversible step marking the start-up of the Bushehr plant after nearly 40 years of delays.

Russia says to start up Iran Bushehr plant August 21

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Research In Motion has promised India a technical solution for decoding encrypted BlackBerry data, a senior official said on Friday, a step that could allay Indian security concerns about the smartphone and avert a shutdown.

BlackBerry assures India on access to services

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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama is suing BP Plc, Transocean and Halliburton for "catastrophic harm" caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the state's attorney general said on Friday.

Alabama sues BP for "catastrophic" Gulf oil spill

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a $600 million bill to beef up security on the U.S. border with Mexico, and his aides pressed lawmakers to set aside election-year politics and work toward broader immigration reform.

Obama signs $600 million border security bill

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday backed construction of a proposed mosque and Muslim cultural center near the site of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York -- a project opposed by conservatives and many New Yorkers.

Obama backs controversial New York mosque project

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SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. and South Korean militaries will stage their second joint exercise in less than a month from Monday, fuelling tensions with the prickly North and angering regional power China.

U.S.-South Korea drills anger North, worry China

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A manager at Apple Inc has been charged in California with taking kickbacks he received after leaking corporate secrets to Asian companies that supplied iPhone and iPod accessories, court documents showed.

Apple manager charged with taking kickbacks

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) said on Sunday it had fully exercised an over-allotment option for the Shanghai portion of its initial public offering, taking total proceeds from the offer to $22.1 billion, making the IPO the world's biggest.

AgBank confirms greenshoe as IPO hits record $22.1 billion

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan said he sees "areas of progress" in the war but it was still unclear if President Barack Obama's goal of starting to pull out troops in July 2011 could be met. 

Petraeus sees "areas of progress" in Afghan war