Bush pays tribute to departing Blair
LONDON — Removal men packed furniture and boxes into a van outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's Downing Street home today as he prepar...
JERUSALEM — In his new job as Mideast envoy, Tony Blair will take on a task that has bedeviled many before him — a role complicated by Hamas' takeover of Gaza, the weakn...
He wore vest with bomb
FORWARD OPERATING BASE THUNDER, Afghanistan — The story of a 6-year-old Afghan boy who says he thwarted an effort by Taliban militants to trick him...
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber who penetrated layers of security blew himself up in the busy lobby of a leading Baghdad hotel today, killing at least 12 people, including a ...
Sgt. Genaust filmed island flag raising
TOKYO — An American team searching for the remains of a Marine combat photographer who filmed the iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima ...
Little changes in 10 years under China
HONG KONG — Many were gloomy about Hong Kong's future 10 years ago when the British colony of dazzling skyscrapers and gung-ho capi...
Iraqi orphans moved to better facilities
BAGHDAD — The 24 boys found severely malnourished in a Baghdad orphanage have been moved to a different building in the same fac...
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Closing ranks against Hamas, Egypt's president invited Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders to a peace summit, officials said today, the bigg...
5 die in attack on convoy in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military announced the deaths of 14 American troops, including five killed today in a single roadside bombing that...
Famous island Iwo To again
TOKYO — Japan has returned to using the prewar name for the island of Iwo Jima — site of one of World War II's most horrific battles — at the u...