The Rev. Jesse Jackson, second from left, and model Naomi Campbell, are among those viewing a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela as it is unveiled i...
GHAZNI, Afghanistan — Taliban militants were expected to release seven remaining South Korean hostages today, bringing to an end a six-week drama that saw two captives k...
BAGHDAD — Iraq's top diplomat said today that more progress had been made in bringing security to the country than in advancing the tumultuous political situation, and c...
QALA-E-KAZI, Afghanistan — Taliban militants today released eight of 19 South Korean captives they promised to free under a deal struck with the South Korean government ...
Strain on troops, families growing
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Pentagon is asking National Guard troops and their families to make sacrifices like never before in Iraq an...
BAGHDAD — Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by helicopters and jets attacked and killed 33 Sunni insurgents who were holding back the water supply to the Shiite t...
1 group dies, 1 survives
ARTEMIDA, Greece — As the wall of flames swept through the heavily forested mountain toward her home, the mother of four was forced to make a lif...
LONDON — The mounds of flowers are long gone from the gates of Kensington Palace, but Princess Diana's presence lingers.
It has been 10 years since Diana's death in a Pa...
Former leader allowed to return
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The party of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ruled out reconciliation with Pakistan's embattled military l...
Heir to throne's body likely found
MOSCOW — Prosecutors announced Friday that they have reopened an investigation into the deaths of the last Russian czar and his family ...
