ISTANBUL — Flash floods gushed across a major highway and a commercial district in Istanbul today, killing at least 20 people and stranding dozens in cars or on rooftops...
He was captured covering hijacked Afghan tankers
KABUL — British commandos freed a New York Times reporter early today from Taliban captors who kidnapped him over the wee...
BEIJING — As the reigning table tennis world champion with two Olympic silver medals under his belt, China's Wang Hao almost had it all — except a girlfriend.
The 25-yea...
WARSAW, Poland — Back home in Germany, Erika Steinbach is hardly a household name. But in neighboring Poland she is a national hate figure, caricatured on magazine cover...
Official speaks about transfer of prisoner
LONDON — Trade and oil considerations played a big part in the decision to include the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner transfer ...
Bombs might have killed up to 70 civilians
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan is "very seriously" concerned over reports civilians might...
LONDON — A vintage train carrying Holocaust survivors pulled into London today, ending a three-day trip across Europe that marked the 70th anniversary of their extraordi...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian rescue workers pulled several bodies from the rubble of a giant landslide today, lifting the death toll from a powerful earthquake to 63....
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Britain did not want the Lockerbie bomber to die in a Scottish prison, Britain's foreign secretary acknowledged today, as Scotland's parliament res...
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya staged a lavish spectacle Tuesday, parading white-robed horsemen and gold-turbaned dancers as jets streaked overhead to celebrate the 40th anniver...
