BAGHDAD, Iraq— At least 78 people were killed and more than 150 wounded today after two nearly simultaneous bombs struck a predominantly Shiite commercial area in centra...
MONTREAL — Julie Winnifred Bertrand, the world's oldest woman at 115, died in her sleep in a Montreal nursing home, according to Canadian media reports Friday.
Bertrand,...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. and Iraqi forces arrested one of Muqtada al-Sadr's top aides today in Baghdad, his office said, as pressure increased on the radical Shiite cleric's...
Some troops might leave in summer
TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq — Gen. George Casey, the top American commander in Iraq, said today that some of the extra troops that President B...
JERUSALEM — Jordan's King Abdullah II told an Israeli newspaper today that his country wants its own nuclear program.
In an interview with the daily Haaretz, Abdullah sa...
Gates cites need in Afghanistan
MANAMA, Bahrain —Defense Secretary Robert Gates sees a rationale for sending more troops to Afghanistan, but the question is how much more...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Apparently seeking to calm fears that he will not go after militia gunmen loyal to one of his key political backers, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said ...
Taliban has upped attacks
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today that U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have recommended an increase in U.S...
Death toll has now risen to 70
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Chanting and weeping, Iraqis buried victims of a double car bombing against a leading Baghdad university, and police raised...
Palestinian state part of talks
KUWAIT CITY — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sounded cool to the notion of a placeholder Palestinian state in temporary borders, an i...
