BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand's new ruling junta on Thursday announced a ban on meetings of political parties and barred the establishment of new parties.
The announcemen...
U.S. soldiers are targeted
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Attacks against U.S. troops have increased following a call earlier this month from al-Qaida in Iraq's leader to target America...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Claudio Paulo Pinto is looking to break an eye-popping record. Literally.
Pinto can pop his eyeballs at least 7 millimeters (0.3 inches) out of ...
Family recalls 'Croc Hunter'
BEERWAH, Australia — "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was remembered today for his "great zest for life" at a public memorial service for the b...
Leaders speak to U.N. council
UNITED NATIONS — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took aim at U.S. policies in Iraq and Lebanon on Tuesday, and accused Washington of a...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Sister Leonella, a nun who devoted her life to helping the sick in Africa, used to joke there was a bullet with her name engraved on it in Somalia. When...
Al-Qaida warns war will go on
CAIRO, Egypt — al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam tak...
WASHINGTON — The spotlight returns to Iraq and other problem areas of the Middle East as President Bush heads to the United Nations to address a host of global issues fa...
Benedict says he is 'sorry'
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that he is "deeply sorry" his remarks on Islam and violence offended Muslims, but the unusual exp...
PARIS — Al-Qaida has, for the first time, announced a union with an Algerian insurgent group that has designated France as an enemy, saying they will act together agains...
