BAGHDAD, Iraq — Shiite lawmakers Sunday chose incumbent Ibrahim al-Jaafari to be Iraq's new prime minister, endorsing the physician and longtime exile for a second term ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI will make his first official visit to a Muslim country, visiting Turkey in November, the Vatican announced Thursday.
The pope accepted a...
It has turned up on 3 continents
UNITED NATIONS — The spread of bird flu from Asia to eastern Europe and now west Africa has increased the chance the virus will mutate an...
Part of damaged intestines removed
JERUSALEM — A comatose Ariel Sharon underwent four hours of emergency surgery Saturday afternoon to remove part of his badly damaged in...
He backed out after Sept. 11
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian recruited by al-Qaida to pilot a plane in a second wave of Sept. 11-style attacks on the United States p...
He's replaced by S. African
TURIN, Italy — The United States was left without a voice on the Olympics' most influential body today when Jim Easton lost his seat on the IO...
1st since King Tut's in 1922
LUXOR, Egypt — Through a partially opened underground door, Egyptian authorities gave a peek today into the first new tomb uncovered in the V...
USTARZAI, Pakistan — A suicide bombing ripped through a Shiite procession today in northwestern Pakistan, sparking riots during the Muslim sect's most important holiday....
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Bombs and bullets killed at least 11 people, including four Marines who died in a pair of bombings in western Anbar province.
Three Marines assigned to t...
Scientists discover dozens in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Scientists exploring an isolated jungle in one of Indonesia's most remote provinces discovered dozens of new ...
