Over 100 dead in 3 days of fighting
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban militants overran a district in southern Afghanistan and are pushing for control of another key area,...
Hundreds flee Hamas gunmen
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hundreds of terrified Gazans fleeing Hamas rule were trapped at a main crossing with Israel today, hoping to gain permi...
BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi forces began major military operations today north and south of Baghdad, while Iraqi officials said 36 people were killed in clashes in southern...
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told President Bush in a telephone call today that now is the time to resume Mideast peace talks, a spokesman ...
LONDON — Soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats marched in formation Saturday — a showcase of Britain's best pomp and pageantry — to celebrate the birthday of Quee...
Militants take control of Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — On its first day of full rule in Gaza, the Islamic militant Hamas today granted amnesty to Fatah leaders, signaling...
Shells fired at Green Zone
BAGHDAD — Five U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, the U.S. military announced today, a day after extremists fired shells into Baghdad's Green Zone dur...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas fighters overran one of the rival Fatah movement's most important security installations in the Gaza Strip today, and witnesses said the vi...
Counterattacks are now feared
BAGHDAD — Saboteur bombers destroyed the two minarets of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra early today, in a repeat of the 2006 attack that...
Tainted items had hit market
BEIJING — China's problems with food safety are not major and should not be overblown, an official said today in the latest push to alleviate...
