Syrian guards kill 3 attackers
DAMASCUS, Syria — Islamic militants attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in Damascus today using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at leas...
ALTOETTING, Germany — Pope Benedict XVI traveled to the city of Altoetting to hold Mass today, as his homecoming to Bavaria drew well-wishers and Roman Catholics eager t...
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans commemorated the fifth anniversary of the assassination of an iconic anti-Taliban commander Saturday under the shadow of the deadliest suici...
Authorities fear revenge attacks
MALEGAON, India — Relatives wept Saturday over the cruelly maimed bodies of 31 Muslim worshippers killed in a double bombing, and troops ...
U.S. convoy target; troops among dead
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of U.S. military vehicles in downtown Kabul today, killing at least 16 peo...
LONDON — Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bush's closest ally, was likely to announce plans today to resign in the next year, forced by intense pressure within his ...
LONDON — A new, deadly strain of tuberculosis has killed 52 of 53 people infected in the last year in South Africa, the World Health Organization said, calling for impro...
Dad: He's an ordinary guy
BEERWAH, Australia — "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, killed in a freak stingray attack this week, would not have wanted a state funeral because ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Parliament voted today to extend a state of emergency for a month, and Britain's foreign secretary emphasized the importance of transferring control of s...
Expanding the security in works
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric Saturday to discuss the country's deteriorat...
