LONDON — Treating advanced prostate cancer with radiation and hormone-blocking drugs cut the death rate in half in a study of Scandinavian men, researchers report.
In th...
WASHINGTON — Lira Tskhovrebova flew nearly 6,000 miles to Washington on a mission: The self-described independent activist from South Ossetia wanted to challenge the str...
KABUL, Afghanistan — President George W. Bush wrapped up a whirlwind trip to two war zones today that in many ways was a victory lap without a clear victory. A signature...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is getting a state-of-the art mobile phone network courtesy of an Egyptian telecoms giant, raising questions about who will be making ca...
BALAD, Iraq — Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Middle East nations to support the fight against terror Saturday, then traveled to Iraq to meet with commanders as the...
TOKYO — Japan approved legislation today to extend a refueling mission in support of U.S.-led anti-terror operations in the Indian Ocean for another year.
The approval b...
LONDON — Richard Van Allan, a British bass-baritone who was a commanding presence on the world's opera stages, has died at age 73.
Van Allan died Dec. 4 in London, accor...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has risen sharply, the United Nations said today, reporting 746 deaths and 15,572 cases of the water-b...
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Special Forces killed six Afghan police and wounded 13 early today in a case of mistaken identity by both sides after the police fired on the A...
Tobacco use causes spike
ATLANTA — Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that is expected to more than double global cance...
