KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan police mistakenly thought U.S. troops on a nighttime mission were Taliban fighters and opened fire on them, prompting U.S. forces to return f...
Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin is show at work at the international space station. NASA managers decided Monday to extend the mission of the space shuttle Atlantis ...
SOFIA, Bulgaria — President Bush, turning from adulation in the Balkans to difficulties back home, said today that his stalled immigration overhaul would be revived and ...
ROME — President Bush, in his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, defended his humanitarian record around the globe, telling the papal leader on Saturday about U.S. ef...
Storm sets sights on Persian Gulf nations
MUSCAT, Oman — Oman evacuated tens of thousands of people Wednesday, suspended oil exports, and closed the major port of Sohar a...
VATICAN CITY — A man tried to jump into Pope Benedict XVI's uncovered popemobile as the pontiff began his general audience today and held onto it for a few seconds befor...
He spent 19 years in coma
WARSAW, Poland— A railway worker who emerged from a 19-year coma woke to a radically altered Poland and thinks "the world is prettier now" than ...
U.S. vows to keep looking
BAGHDAD — The U.S. command in Baghdad insisted it would continue the search for two abducted U.S. soldiers despite the release of a video Monday...
Russia opposes shield in Europe
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — President Bush and the Czech Republic's leaders today defended plans to base part of a U.S. missile shield here d...
It's major blow to Bush's plans
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Military judges dismissed charges Monday against a Guantánamo detainee accused of chauffeuring Osama bin...
