ACCRA, Ghana — President Bush said today that the United States is not trying to expand its military influence in Africa by building new military bases on the continent....
Cuban president to end long rule
HAVANA — An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president today after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's ruling party conceded defeat today after opposition parties routed allies of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections that ...
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters during a rally Monday in Beloit, Wis. Democrats in Wisconsin and Hawaii today will choose be...
President's plan fights malaria
ARUSHA, Tanzania — President Bush handed out hugs and bed nets in Tanzania's rural north today, saying the U.S. is part of a new internati...
Leaders seek recognition
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo's leaders sent letters 192 countries today seeking formal recognition of independence, and suspense gripped the provinc...
ARUSHA, Tanzania — President Bush today recognized Kosovo's bold and historic bid for statehood, saying "The Kosavars are now independent."
Kosovo's ethnic Albanian lead...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A provincial governor said today he had warned an anti-Taliban militia leader targeted in Afghanistan's deadliest suicide attack since the 2001 i...
But Iran remains unknown variable
BAGHDAD — A year ago in Baghdad: Shiite militiamen and Sunni insurgents owned entire neighborhoods and key areas beyond. Iraq's governme...
MANILA, Philippines — Militants linked to al-Qaida plotted to assassinate the Philippine president and bomb foreign embassies, officials said today.
Military chief of st...
