TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that Iran would free the 15 detained British sailors and marines as a gift to the British people.
He pardoned th...
French locomotive reaches 357.2 mph
ABOARD TRAIN V150, France — The speedometer climbed higher and higher — and so did the heart rate of passengers.
Inside the last of th...
TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian diplomat in Iraq seized two months ago by uniformed gunmen has been released, Iran reported today, while in Baghdad a senior foreign ministry o...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state radio reported that all 15 British sailors and marines held captive by Iran have confessed to illegally entering Iranian waters but, in an a...
Tsunami hits Solomon isles
HONIARA, Solomon Islands — A bone-rattling undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami that sent 10-foot-high waves crashing into parts of the Solomo...
JERUSALEM — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will tell Syrian leaders when she visits Damascus this week on a trip criticized by the Bush administration that Israel will only ...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — King Abdullah's harsh — and unexpected — attack on the U.S. military presence in Iraq could be a Saudi attempt to signal to Washington its anger o...
Captured British appear on TV
TEHRAN, Iran — One of the 15 British service members held captive in Iran appeared today on the government's Arabic-language TV and said he ...
.xxx address voted down
LISBON, Portugal — The agency that sets the Internet addressing guidelines influencing how people navigate the Web defeated a proposal Friday to g...
A Hindu Holy man, Bal Mukund Brahmchari, 82, prepares to face the heat after applying a paste of sandalwood to his face today in Allahabad, India. Sandalwood paste, besi...
