BASRA, Iraq — Britain's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to withdraw more than 1,000 troops from Iraq by year's end, and Iraq said it will take over security from ...
BAGRAM, Afghanistan — The U.S. military has launched a new "Most Wanted" campaign offering rewards of up to $200,000 for information leading to the capture of 12 Taliban...
EL FASHER, Sudan — African peacekeepers were searching for more than 20 members of their force still missing and feared wandering the wilderness of Darfur today after re...
MOSCOW — The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov entered Russia's presidential race on Sunday, elected overwhelmingly as the candidate for the country's beleaguer...
MOSCOW — When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort...
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — While the U.S. has been tied up in Iraq, China is modernizing its military and its air defenses are now nearly impenetrable to all but the newes...
YANGON, Myanmar — Soldiers fired automatic weapons into a crowd of anti-government protesters today as tens of thousands defied the ruling military junta's crackdown wit...
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Vilified by world leaders wary of his nuclear ambitions, Iran's president is turning to South American leftists who are embracing him as an energy and ...
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It's the other army. The private one, perhaps 160,000 strong in Iraq alone, armed, sometimes dangerous, often sloppy with tax doll...
BAGHDAD — A U.S. soldier pleaded not guilty today to charges of killing Iraqis and trying to cover it up by planting weapons on their bodies.
Spc. Jorge G. Sandoval, of ...
