McChrystal to lead U.S., NATO forces in Afghanistan
KABUL — Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a four-star American general with a long history in elite special operations, took ch...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader today ordered an investigation into allegations of election fraud, marking a stunning turnaround by the country's most powerful figu...
Ahmadinejad declared victor
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner Saturday of an election that pitted the conservative establishment again...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea vowed Saturday to step up its atomic bomb-making program and threatened war if its ships are stopped as part of new U.N. sanctions aimed...
BAGHDAD — A car bomb ripped through a market district today in a mainly Shiite area in southern Iraq, killing as many as 35 people and wounding dozens.
The blast is the ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Investigators searched a wrecked luxury hotel in northwestern Pakistan for evidence today after a bold suicide bombing killed 11 people, including a...
Cause of fire not yet known
MEXICO CITY — A fast-moving fire killed 29 children in a day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters who pun...
Probers analyzing 24 plane messages
PARIS — Signals sent by Air France Flight 447 before it disappeared show its autopilot was not on, the head of the French agency leadi...
Cold relations begin to thaw
CAEN, France — President Barack Obama and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, stood united Saturday in efforts to thwart Iran's disputed...
Instrument problem probed
PARIS — France's transportation minister said Friday that French forces have found no signs of the Airbus A330 jet that vanished over the Atlant...
