Planning needed for world's cities
LONDON — More than half of the world's 3.3 billion people will be living in cities by next year, according to a U.N. report set to be r...
TEHRAN, Iran— Iran will "review with a positive point of view" an Iraqi request for a new round of Iranian-American talks, but only after the United States responds to t...
Led nation in 15th century B.C.
CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian authorities said today that a mummy found a century ago has been identified as the remains of pharaoh Queen Hatshe...
NEW DELHI — A 15-year-old boy who allegedly delivered a baby by Caesarean section in an attempt to set a world record as the youngest surgeon apparently fled as police p...
Iranians burn gas stations in Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran — Two gas stations were torched early today in Tehran as angry Iranians protested fuel rationing measures suddenly enfor...
Bush pays tribute to departing Blair
LONDON — Removal men packed furniture and boxes into a van outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's Downing Street home today as he prepar...
JERUSALEM — In his new job as Mideast envoy, Tony Blair will take on a task that has bedeviled many before him — a role complicated by Hamas' takeover of Gaza, the weakn...
He wore vest with bomb
FORWARD OPERATING BASE THUNDER, Afghanistan — The story of a 6-year-old Afghan boy who says he thwarted an effort by Taliban militants to trick him...
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber who penetrated layers of security blew himself up in the busy lobby of a leading Baghdad hotel today, killing at least 12 people, including a ...
Sgt. Genaust filmed island flag raising
TOKYO — An American team searching for the remains of a Marine combat photographer who filmed the iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima ...
