MOGADISHU, Somalia — The American military launched an airstrike today targeting the head of al-Qaida in Somalia, a U.S. defense official said. The head of an Islamic in...
BAGHDAD — The killings of three U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 47, making it the deadliest month since Septe...
GENEVA — Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired — and arguably corrupted — millions in the 1960s hippie generation, di...
MOSCOW — DNA tests carried out by a U.S. laboratory prove that bone fragments exhumed last year belong to two children of Czar Nicholas II, putting to rest questions abo...
Britain's Prince William, right, visits Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Monday. Prince William flew into Afghanistan for a secret visit last week to meet with British...
BAGHDAD — Bombardments by suspected militants killed four U.S. soldiers Monday as troops tried to push Shiite fighters farther from the U.S.-protected Green Zone and out...
Dalai Lama open to China's offer
DHARMSALA, India — The Dalai Lama said Saturday he welcomed China's offer to meet his envoy and said the two sides needed to talk serious...
U.S. alleges baby-selling in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, the U.S. ...
BAGHDAD — Families stroll the park's sidewalks and picnic in the shade as laughing children clamor to see the main attraction — lions once owned by Saddam Hussein's son,...
BAGHDAD — Hospital officials say overnight clashes between U.S. and Iraqi forces and Shiite militants in Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district killed seven people.
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