MOSCOW — Moscow and Washington have agreed to moderate their rhetoric in a bid to improve strained ties, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a meeting toda...
Lighter armor boosts mobility
BAGHDAD — A string of heavy losses from powerful roadside bombs has raised new questions about the vulnerability of the Stryker, the Army’s ...
4,000 troops sweep area
BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi forces exchanged fire with suspected Sunni insurgents today, killing two and wounding four of them during a massive searc...
King Abdullah a hard sell
WASHINGTON — The United States hasn’t yet persuaded Saudi Arabia, the Sunni power broker in the Middle East and a close U.S. ally, that it shoul...
2 spans badly damaged
BAGHDAD — Iraqi police on Saturday closely guarded two bridges in Baghdad that were heavily damaged by suicide car bombers in what appears to be a n...
3 others are missing
BAGHDAD — Seven U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi army interpreter came under attack Saturday morning during a patrol of a Sunni insurgent stronghold south ...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Vice President Dick Cheney sought greater support for U.S. Iraq policy from this moderate Arab Gulf state today in a visit also aimed a...
Violence rising in Diyala province
WASHINGTON — The U.S. commander in northern Iraq said Friday he doesn’t have enough troops for the mission in increasingly violent Diya...
BAGHDAD — Radical Shiite politicians pressed Thursday for legislation demanding a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops and a freeze on the number of foreign f...
Benedict talks to Brazil teens
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Pope Benedict XVI addressed sexual morality in a speech to tens of thousands of young Catholics, instructing young peop...
