BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. officials said today Iraqi leaders have agreed to develop a timeline by the end of the year for progress in stabilizing Iraq, and Iraqi forces shoul...
Talks sought with N. Korea
BEIJING — China appealed for "coolheadedness" on all sides in the North Korean nuclear crisis today, amid signs that an exasperated Beijing is ...
Amarah falls to al-Sadr's troops
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Shiite militia run by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr seized total control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah ...
Defense against North pledged
SEOUL, South Korea — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today she will not presume to tell South Korea or China exactly how they shoul...
Death toll for month hits 67
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military reported today that nine American troops had been killed in bombings and combat, raising to 67 the number o...
U.S. says they must help out
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration, citing new inspections by the Chinese of trucks bound for North Korea, said today it expected China wou...
JERUSALEM — Israel's president canceled his appearance at the opening session of parliament today, succumbing to intense pressure after police recommended indicting him ...
LONDON — Britain's army chief, who set off a political storm by calling for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq "soon," said today he meant a phased withdrawal over two or ...
China Russia push for talks
UNITED NATIONS — The United States dropped the possibility of using force against North Korea over the regime's purported nuclear test, a con...
OSLO, Norway — Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their pioneering use of tiny, seemingly insignificant lo...
