KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber struck a governor's compound north of the Afghan capital today while U.S. troops were inside, officials said. The blast killed ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan told India on Saturday it did not want war and would use force only if attacked — a move apparently aimed at reducing tensions after Pakis...
Top al-Qaida fugitive killed
BAGHDAD — A bomb tore through a busy square in Baghdad at midday Saturday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 54, the Iraqi army said.
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Violence sparked by rocket fire on border towns
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes destroyed dozens of security compounds across Hamas-ruled Gaza Saturday in unpr...
Factories take record drop
TOKYO — Japan's contracting economy got a slew of bad news today when government figures showed that industrial production plunged by its bigge...
BAGHDAD — A jailbreak today in the western city of Ramadi by suspected al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents led to the deaths of six police officers and seven prisoners, police s...
VATICAN CITY — Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero.
The Vatican is recasting the most famous victim of its Inquisition as a man of faith, just in time for the ...
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez says he was heading through downtown Caracas when he was shocked by the sight of a huge, nearly finished shopping mall.
"They ...
BEIJING — China will "seriously consider" building its first aircraft carrier, the Ministry of National Defense said in another sign of Beijing's expanding military ambi...
Iraqi shoe tosser has no regrets
BAGHDAD— The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush says he would do it again and that he was forced to write a...
