Pamuk had faced charges for words
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, who faced a criminal charge for discussing some of his country's most painful episode...
America tries to win support
UNITED NATIONS — A new American draft resolution to punish North Korea in the U.N. Security Council for its claimed nuclear test seeks to ban...
He teaches in refugee camp
NABLUS, West Bank — An American student teaching in West Bank refugee camps was freed late Wednesday after being held for a day by Palestinians...
Japan issues new sanctions
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stoked regional tensions today, threatening more nuclear tests and saying additional sanctions imposed on it w...
Shift in land units offset
WASHINGTON — Much of the United States' ground combat might is tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the United States is reducing its infantry ...
NEW YORK — A controversial new study contends nearly 655,000 Iraqis have died because of the war, suggesting a far higher death toll than other estimates.
The timing of ...
It wants north to cut nukes
SEOUL, South Korea — China, which holds the key to whether tough U.N. sanctions will be imposed, warned North Korea today that its nuclear tes...
World leaders call for harsh U.N. sanctions
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea faced a barrage of global condemnation and calls for harsh sanctions today after it announced...
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO took over eastern Afghanistan from U.S.-led forces today, assuming control of 12,000 American troops and extending its military role to the ent...
NAIROBI, Kenya — An elephant trampled and killed a British man on his honeymoon in Kenya.
Patrick Smith, 34, was killed in front of his wife, Julie, in the Masai Mara Na...
