Helicopter went down in Afghan.
KABUL, Afghanistan — A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed five American service members, officials said today.
Monday nig...
KABUL, Afghanistan — A police officer opened fire on U.S. and Afghan forces at a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan today, sparking a firefight that killed two U...
Many questions still unanswered
VATICAN CITY — Cardinals gathered for their final day of talks today before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid debate over whether ...
It threatens to nuke U.S.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea today vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetor...
MOSCOW — Police have detained a suspect in the January acid attack on the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
Sergei Filin wa...
Daily briefings get big crowd
VATICAN CITY — The two American cardinals sat on the stage, microphones in hand, fielding questions from the world’s news media on everythin...
Hugo Chavez dies at age 58
DORAL, Fla. — Cheering Venezuelans in the U.S. waved their country’s flag and voiced hope that change would come to their homeland after the de...
LONDON — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday over an apparent stomach infection that has ailed her for days, a rare instance of ill health sidelining th...
VATICAN CITY — Cardinals from around the world gathered today inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scand...
VATICAN CITY — On his last morning in office today, Pope Benedict XVI pledged to respect and obey his successor and told the church’s cardinals that he would pray for th...