MOGADISHU, Somalia — A senior al-Qaida suspect wanted for bombing American embassies in East Africa was killed in a U.S. airstrike, a Somali official said today, a repor...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, backed by American warplanes, battled suspected insurgents for hours today in central Baghdad, and 50 militant fighters were kil...
Targets linked to bombings
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A U.S. airstrike hit targets in southern Somalia where Islamic militants were believed to be sheltering suspects in the 19...
CAIRO, Egypt — Another leaked video from Saddam Hussein's execution carried fresh adulation Monday of the fallen dictator, who in death has become a martyr and hero of A...
LONDON — The British inquest into Princess Diana's death in a 1997 car crash in Paris resumed Monday with a plea from her sons that conclusions be reached quickly.
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Court drops charges in war crimes case
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein's trial for the killing of 180,000 Kurds in the 1980s resumed today with the late dictator's seat em...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The number of civilians killed in the violence in Iraq rose sharply over the last three months, accounting for 5,000, or about 40 percent, of the more th...
Thursday set for execution
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Preparations are under way to hang two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants on Thursday, but the details still have to be worked o...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Sunnis Muslims, angered by the execution of Saddam Hussein and the way his hanging was carried out, took to the streets in mainly peaceful demonstrations...
Saddam buried in hometown
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military announced Sunday the deaths of two soldiers, raising the number of Americans who have died in the Iraq war to ...