16 die in Tibet demonstrations
BEIJING — Tibet's governor promised leniency to anti-Chinese protesters who turned themselves in before the end of today — and harsh conseq...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI issued one of his strongest appeals for peace in Iraq on Sunday, days after the body of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was f...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan today inaugurated a new parliament dominated by opponents of President Pervez Musharraf who have vowed to crimp his powers and review his ...
Security gains are tenuous
BAGHDAD — Five years after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq remains a divided country with an unstable government and endemic violence.
The violence...
TOKYO — The dollar dipped below 100 yen for the first time in 12 years today amid growing worries about a U.S. economic slowdown and expectations for lower U.S. interest...
BAGHDAD — U.S. soldiers shot and killed a young Iraqi girl after firing a warning shot at a woman who "appeared to be signaling to someone" along a road where several bo...
He outlives 8.4M French soldiers
PARIS — France's last veteran of World War I died Wednesday at age 110 after outliving 8.4 million Frenchmen who fought in what they call...
HOUSTON — The seven-man crew of the shuttle Endeavour maneuvered toward the international space station early today, with the astronauts spending their first full day in...
Sparks shot out while recharging
TOKYO — Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.'s iPod after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out ...
Total of 8 U.S. troops die in day
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military said today that three American soldiers were killed the day before by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, brin...
