RAMALLAH, West Bank — Tearful friends and relatives, some cheering or waving flags, welcomed 429 Palestinian prisoners after their early release by Israel today in a ges...
BAGHDAD — A mass grave containing the remains of 12 people, including a paramedic who disappeared more than a year ago, was unearthed in central Iraq in an area long con...
BAGHDAD — Dozens of suspected al-Qaida militants stormed a Shiite village north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 13 people and torching homes, police said.
The a...
Progress shown predicting storms
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In a display of harmony far removed from the bitter politics surrounding global warming, experts from some 100 ...
U.S. spokesman confident in allies
CAIRO, Egypt — Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Europeans to stop helping the United States in the war in Afghanistan, accordin...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pervez Musharraf, newly sworn in as a civilian president and minus his trademark general's uniform, promised Thursday to lift the state of emergenc...
It will be listed as a carcinogen
LONDON — Like UV rays and diesel exhaust fumes, working the graveyard shift will soon be listed as a "probable" cause of cancer.
It is a...
CARACAS, Venezuela — Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of the capital Thursday to oppose a referendum that would eliminate term limits for President Hu...
56 on board; no survivors
YESILYURT, Turkey — An Atlasjet plane crashed on a rocky mountain shortly before it was due to land in southwest Turkey early today, killing all...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pervez Musharraf embarked on a new five-year term as Pakistan's civilian president today, but he gave no indication of when emergency rule will be ...
