BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland's legislature, shut down for more than three years, sprang back to life today as a first step toward forming a Roman Catholi...
FOSSTON, Minn. — A teenage couple on their way to a high school prom died in a head-on collision that also killed the teen driver of the oncoming vehicle, officials said...
Volcano activity is intensifying
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia — Clouds of deadly ash, rock fragments and hot gas surged down Mount Merapi's slopes today as activity intensifie...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president said Sunday it was pointless for Europe to devise an incentive package if it required Tehran to stop enriching uranium — effectively thwa...
7 U.S. troops killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq —Insurgents shot down a U.S. helicopter south of Baghdad and killed two soldiers, bringing the weekend death toll of American s...
Ex-dictator insists he's still in charge
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The chief judge formally charged Saddam Hussein today with crimes against humanity, including torture of women an...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Gunmen killed the son of Iraq's top judge along with two of his bodyguards and dumped their bodies in Baghdad, officials said Saturday. Other attacks out...
They drown after tank flips
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Four Marines drowned when their tank rolled off a bridge and plunged into a canal, the military said today, adding that while ...
Truck bomb kills at least 20
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Separate drive-by shootings by suspected insurgents today in Iraq killed 11 civilians on their way to work in a company bus a...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Iran's president today dismissed Western concerns over its nuclear program as "a big lie," a day after key U.N. Security Council members agreed to p...
