Main news of August 18

 WORLD

* Two hijackers of an Istanbul-bound airliner gave themselves up to authorities

* North Korean authorities suggested postponing a high-level summit with South Korea, scheduled for August 28-30 in Pyongyang, to October 2-4 due to devastating floods in the north

* Slovenia began withdrawing its military contingent from Kosovo, where it has been serving under NATO command as part of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) since February

* A spacewalk by Shuttle Endeavour astronauts was shortened by two hours to allow it the option of landing ahead of a massive hurricane approaching the U.S. coast

* The people of Kazakhstan voted in an early parliamentary election in the country's first poll to introduce proportional representation

* Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad invited President Vladimir Putin to a summit of Caspian nations