URUMQI, China — Security agents hoping to prevent displays of defiance jogged alongside Olympic torchbearers today as the flame began its journey through China's restive...
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put a U.S. stamp of approval today on a fragile new government in Lebanon that increased the power of Hezbollah mil...
Tighter sanctions on Iran pledged
LONDON — President Bush, ending a weeklong trip through Europe on Monday, warmly welcomed Britain's pledge to tighten sanctions against ...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — About 870 prisoners escaped during a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate a...
Nuke program halt is sought
PARIS — President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy each directed one-two punches against Iran and Syria on Saturday, telling Tehran t...
Soldier deaths pass Iraq totals
BRUSSELS, Belgium — It's a grim gauge of U.S. wars going in opposite directions: American and allied combat deaths in Afghanistan passed t...
U.S. seeks deal to stay in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared Friday that talks with the U.S. on a new security agreement were deadlocked, as Sunni an...
Some trapped by landslides
KURIHARA, Japan — A magnitude-7.2 earthquake ripped across mountains and rice fields in northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least six people...
ROME — Pope Benedict XVI took President Bush on a rare stroll through the lush grounds of the Vatican Gardens today, stopping at a grotto where the pontiff prays daily.
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President warns of nuclear weapon
KRANJ, Slovenia — President Bush said today the United States and Europe must rally to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, calli...
