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BAGHDAD — Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq said today that their forces would defend civilians if they were caught up in any fighting between Turkish troops and Kurd...

KIRKUK, Iraq — The Turkish army sent soldiers about 1.5 miles into northern Iraq in an overnight operation today, Kurdish officials said. A Turkish official said the tro...

BAGHDAD — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit today to Kirkuk in the oil-rich Kurdish region, where the U.S. administration has emphasizing wha...

U.S., Europe head toward compromise BALI, Indonesia — The U.S. and Europe headed toward a compromise today at the U.N. climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how am...

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Defense Secretary Robert Gates is asking European allies for more troops to help stabilize Afghanistan, where the government is weak, the insurgenc...

TOKYO — Cat and mouse may never be the same. Japanese scientists say they've used genetic engineering to create mice that show no fear of felines, a development that may...

ALGIERS, Algeria — Emergency workers searched for bodies and survivors today after twin truck bombings by an affiliate of al-Qaida targeted U.N. offices and a government...

MOSCOW — Dmitry Medvedev, the hand-picked candidate to succeed President Vladimir Putin, called today for Putin become prime minister after the March 2 election. Putin i...

BERLIN — Karlheinz Stockhausen, one of the most important and controversial postwar composers who helped shape a new understanding of sound through electronic compositio...

MOSUL, Iraq — Defense Secretary Robert Gates is using his latest unannounced trip to Iraq to assess whether the downturn in violence in parts of the country can be susta...