Nissan presents its concept car, Pivo, at the 76th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, today. The car owes its cartoon-like appearance to a partnersh...
MOSCOW — Fifty years ago, Yuri Fidelgolts was living in forced exile on the Kazakh steppe, the last stop on a decade-long conveyer of punishment, including a frigid Sibe...
Saddam authorized execution of 148, prosecutors say
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Prosecutors at Saddam Hussein's trial presented a document today they said was signed by the former le...
A competitor is unabashedly flippant during the annual Olney Pancake Race to mark Shrove Tuesday today in Olney, England. According to legend, the Olney race began on Sh...
4 U.S. bases to be returned
TOKYO — The U.S. government has told Japan that it will allow the relocation of about 8,000 Marines — 1,000 more than originally proposed — st...
Politician: They are ready to talk
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Sunni Arabs are ready to end their boycott of talks to form a new government if rival Shiites return mosques seized in ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi security forces today shot dead five suspected terrorists believed to be involved in a foiled attack on the world's biggest oil proce...
Violence in Iraq surges
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A car bomb exploded in a Shiite holy city and 13 members of one Shiite family were gunned down northeast of the capital Saturday i...
At least 2 suicide bombers killed
ABQAIQ, Saudi Arabia — A burst of gunfire and explosions thwarted an attempt to strike at the heart of the Saudi oil industry.
Suicide b...
MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency today, saying she had quashed a coup plot, and the military confined troops to thei...
