Defense raises perjury claim
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein's lawyers accused a prosecution witness of perjury today and demanded the 7-month-old trial be halted to allow...
TOKYO — Some 8,000 U.S. Marines will leave Okinawa for Guam under a proposal approved by Tokyo that is the largest realignment of U.S. troops based in Japan in 50 years,...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Explosions killed two people in Baghdad and wounded seven today as Iraq's prime minister held meetings aimed at finding new defense and interior minister...
KABUL, Afghanistan — Hundreds of Afghan and coalition troops took up positions around the Afghan capital today to prevent further anti-American riots a day after a deadl...
Death toll likely to keep rising
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake flattened homes and buildings in central Indonesia early Saturday, killing more than 2,700 ...
Car bomb kills at least 4 civilians
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi politicians struggled Saturday to reach agreement on candidates for two key security posts that remained vacant ...
Russian siege took 331 lives
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia — A court in southern Russia said the only attacker to survive the Beslan school siege deserves the death penalty but sen...
Iraqi security officials sought
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A powerful bomb exploded today in an outdoor market in a majority Shiite part of east Baghdad, killing at least nine peopl...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Tariq Aziz, once a close member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle, testified for the defense in Saddam Hussein's trial, saying the regime had to strike ba...
CAIRO, Egypt — The latest tape purportedly released by Osama bin Laden may be an attempt by the al-Qaida chief to regain his pre-eminence in the global terror network an...