LONDON — Britain said today it is seeking condemnation of Iran at the United Nations for Tehran's seizure and detention of 15 sailors and marines in disputed waters betw...
At least 770 killed in Iraq
HOUSTON — Like thousands of other Americans who have served in Iraq since the U.S. intervention began four years ago, Walter Zbryski came home...
Bombs kill 9 hours before
BAGHDAD — U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker was sworn in as the new top U.S. envoy to Iraq today, saying that he was taking over the "most critical f...
GENEVA — U.N. health agencies recommended today that heterosexual men undergo circumcision because of "compelling" evidence that it can reduce their chances of contracti...
Armed standoff lasts for 10 hours
MANILA, Philippines — A day-care center owner armed with grenades and guns held more than 30 youngsters and teachers hostage on a bus We...
BAGHDAD — Shiite militants and police enraged by massive truck bombings in the northwestern town of Tal Afar went on a revenge spree against Sunni residents there today,...
Sunday quake killed at least 1
KANAZAWA, Japan — Aftershocks shook a rural area of coastal central Japan today, a day after a powerful earthquake killed at least one pers...
LONDON — Iran warned that 15 British sailors and marines could face charges for allegedly entering Iranian waters and rejected British requests to meet with the servicem...
Knut, a polar bear cub, has his first public appearance in the Berlin Zoo today. Television crews and photographers jockeyed with hundreds of excited children at the zoo...
BAGHDAD — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks in Baghdad today with Iraq's prime minister just as his government disclosed that it had been in indirect talks w...
