Rice laying groundwork
JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will begin laying the groundwork for a Mideast peace conference in a visit to Israel today, hoping ...
A Bangladeshi flood victim carries drinking water as he wades through flood waters in Sirajgong, north of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, today. Days of torrential rains and ...
BEIJING — A team of U.S. health officials came to Beijing on Tuesday for talks on tightening controls over food and drug trade, amid tensions triggered by U.S. restricti...
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military said today that a Marine was killed in fighting west of the capital, pushing the American death toll for July to at least 75, the lowest in e...
At least 4 are killed in blast
BAGHDAD — A parked car bomb exploded in a busy shopping street in predominantly Shiite eastern Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least four p...
Taliban holds 22 Koreans
KABUL, Afghanistan — A top South Korean envoy headed to Afghanistan today, scrambling to save 22 of his country's citizens held captive by Taliba...
U.S. links it to training in Iran
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military has noted a "significant improvement" in the aim of attackers firing rockets and mortars into the heavily fo...
Indonesians flee swaying buildings
MANADO, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia today, sending residents fleeing from swaying homes and hospitals, a...
Longtime ruler is still in poor health
CAMAGUEY, Cuba — Interim leader Raul Castro led tens of thousands of loyalists today in celebrations of Cuba's revolution, filling ...
Minority group demands changes
BAGHDAD — Iraq's largest Sunni Arab bloc said today it has suspended its membership in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition governmen...
