JERUSALEM — Israel's president canceled his appearance at the opening session of parliament today, succumbing to intense pressure after police recommended indicting him ...
LONDON — Britain's army chief, who set off a political storm by calling for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq "soon," said today he meant a phased withdrawal over two or ...
China Russia push for talks
UNITED NATIONS — The United States dropped the possibility of using force against North Korea over the regime's purported nuclear test, a con...
OSLO, Norway — Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their pioneering use of tiny, seemingly insignificant lo...
Pamuk had faced charges for words
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, who faced a criminal charge for discussing some of his country's most painful episode...
America tries to win support
UNITED NATIONS — A new American draft resolution to punish North Korea in the U.N. Security Council for its claimed nuclear test seeks to ban...
He teaches in refugee camp
NABLUS, West Bank — An American student teaching in West Bank refugee camps was freed late Wednesday after being held for a day by Palestinians...
Japan issues new sanctions
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stoked regional tensions today, threatening more nuclear tests and saying additional sanctions imposed on it w...
Shift in land units offset
WASHINGTON — Much of the United States' ground combat might is tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the United States is reducing its infantry ...
NEW YORK — A controversial new study contends nearly 655,000 Iraqis have died because of the war, suggesting a far higher death toll than other estimates.
The timing of ...
