ATHENS, Greece — Squeezed between worried creditors and an angry public, Greece’s beleaguered prime minister tried to tamp down an escalating revolt within his own Socia...
CAIRO — Al-Qaida’s longtime No. 2 leader, a doctor from a prominent Egyptian family who worked with Osama bin Laden for decades, has succeeded the slain terrorist as hea...
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says two American soldiers have been killed while conducting operations in southern Iraq.
Today’s statement didn’t give details on the operat...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Kenyan man blinded in an al-Qaida attack on a U.S. Embassy 13 years ago said Sunday he welcomed news of the death of the mastermind who planned th...
BERLIN — Investigators have determined that German-grown vegetable sprouts are the cause of the E. coli outbreak that has killed 29 people and sickened nearly 3,000, the...
BAGHDAD — Five American troops serving as advisers to Iraqi security police in eastern Baghdad were killed Monday when rockets slammed into the compound where they lived...
TOKYO — Facing a power crunch and a scorching summer, some of nearly 10,000 Tokyo city government employees started their work shifts an hour earlier today to conserve e...
An installation of 1,000 casts of World War II Russian, German and American combat helmets, which also represent turtles, was created by French artist Rachid Khimoune, s...
President's home hit by rockets
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when opposition tribesmen determined to topple him hammered his palace with...
Mutant strain not seen before
LONDON — The World Health Organization said today that the E. coli bacteria responsible for a deadly outbreak that has left 18 dead and sick...
