She was held captive nearly 3 months in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq — American reporter Jill Carroll was set free today, nearly three months after she was kidnapped in a bloody am...
BERLIN — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran today the "international community is united" in the dispute over its nuclear program, but a Tehran envoy defian...
U.S., Canada, Mexico are at summit
CANCUN, Mexico — The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada are converging in this bikini-and-beer mecca for a second annual s...
ROME — The Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity received asylum in Italy on Wednesday, despite requests by lawmakers in Afgha...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who vanished in Nigeria after authorities reluctantly agreed to transfer him to a war-crimes tribunal, was arr...
Syrians view today’s eclipse through filters. The eclipse was partially visible by about 86 percent in Syria for more than an hour. The last such eclipse, in November 20...
West Bank pullout backed
JERUSALEM — After declaring victory in Israel's elections, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima Party said today it would quickly form a br...
Afghani called mentally unfit
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan man who had faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has been released from prison a...
A Jewish boy waits as his father fills out a ballot during the Israeli general elections in Jerusalem today. The election is being seen as a referendum on the country's ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi army recruiting center in northern Iraq today, killing at least 15 people and wounding as many as 30, the Iraqi milita...
