OSLO — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners today with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a rob...
BAGHDAD — Al-Qaida's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility today for coordinated Baghdad bombings this week that killed 127 people and wounded more than 500, war...
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country fr...
103 die in worst violence in month
BAGHDAD — A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad today, including three car bombs that blew up near government sites. At least ...
MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today lambasted officials and businessmen for irresponsibility in connection with the weekend nightclub fire in Perm that killed 1...
Blaze reminiscent of U.S. tragedy
PERM, Russia — A blaze sparked by onstage fireworks tore through a nightclub ceiling covered in twigs and plastic sheeting early Saturda...
British yacht was seized last week
TEHRAN, Iran — Tehran warned today that it will take strong action against five detained British sailors if it is proven they had "bad ...
WASHINGTON — New infusions of U.S. Marines will begin moving into Afghanistan almost as soon as President Barack Obama announces a redrawn battle strategy, a plan widely...
Demjanjuk charged with war crimes
MUNICH — John Demjanjuk is heading back to court where prosecutors will lay out their case accusing him of being accessory to the murder...
Sky high costs cause poverty
JIZHUANGCUN, China — Unable to rely on China's broken health care system, the Ji family was desperate.
Doctors had taken 15-year-old Ji Xiaoy...
