Man speaks to giant crowd
NAJAF, Iraq — An anti-American cleric whose militia was once the nemesis of U.S. troops in Iraq said Saturday that his followers were still resi...
LONDON — Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite, described by director Steven Spielberg as “the best actor in the world,” has died at age 64 after a long battl...
BRISBANE, Australia — Military flights rushed today to restock an Australian city before it was cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI condemned religious intolerance, especially against Christians, in a New Year’s appeal that came hours after a bomb blast outside an Egy...
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — A powerful bomb exploded in front of a crowded Coptic Christian church a half hour into the New Year early Saturday, hitting worshipers emerging from...
BRISBANE, Australia — Military aircraft dropped supplies to towns cut off by floods in northeastern Australia as the prime minister promised new assistance today to the ...
BAGHDAD — Three suicide bombers attacked Iraq’s federal police headquarters in Mosul today, leveling the building and killing the top police commander there, a prominent...
TEHRAN, Iran — Fuel consumption has fallen by a fifth since the government began slashing energy and food subsidies earlier this month, a top government official said to...
Streets packed with cars, buses
NEW DELHI — On a recent chilly evening, Gaurav Kumar eased his small truck onto a congested road in the Indian capital and accidentally sc...
ROME — Bomb squad experts defused a package bomb that was delivered to the Greek Embassy in Rome today, four days after similar mail bombs exploded at two other embassie...
