JERUSALEM — Elder statesman Shimon Peres today signaled plans to leave the Labor Party after six decades and throw his support behind Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new c...
Army analysts assess Iraq
Two senior Army analysts who in 2003 accurately foretold the turmoil that would be unleashed by the U.S. invasion of Iraq offer a bleak assessme...
Temperatures fall below freezing
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — A ski lift at Canada's famed Lake Louise resort malfunctioned Sunday, trapping about 65 people in gondolas for hou...
4 kidnapped on Sat. in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq — An American citizen has been reported missing in Iraq, the U.S. Embassy said today, a day after a Canadian Parliament official...
BEIJING — Coal dust caught fire in a mine in northeast China, sparking an explosion that killed at least 68 people and left 79 missing, the government said today, as the...
Court will resume in early Dec.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The trial of Saddam Hussein for alleged crimes against humanity resumed in a heavily guarded courtroom today with the form...
Chemical spill woes continue
HARBIN, China — Premier Wen Jiabao visited this city in China's northeast Saturday and expressed concern for the 3.8 million residents enduri...
Relaxed laws took hold on Thursday
LONDON — Like some other Londoners, Chantal Faraut celebrated late Thursday night with a few drinks in one of the many pubs no longer f...
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is toughening its stand against gay candidates for the priesthood, specifying in a new document that even men with "transitory" homosexual ten...
Palestinians take control of Rafah
RAFAH TERMINAL, Gaza Strip — Joyous Palestinians crossed from Gaza to Egypt through a Palestinian-run border terminal Saturday, the fir...
