ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II and is to be released from prison this week was a draft dodger in the 1970s but may not have to do his obl...
SHANGHAI, China — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly visited Shanghai today, prompting speculation the rare foray to his country's closest ally might signal a wi...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A Sunni Arab politician denounced a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque that killed at least 60 people but blamed the violence in Iraq on the country'...
He fabricated data in '04 paper
SEOUL, South Korea — An academic panel investigating the work of South Korean researcher Hwang Woo-suk found that he faked his landmark cl...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents exploded a suicide car bomb and launched two mortar shells at Iraq's Interior Ministry during National Police Day celebrations today, killing ...
JERUSALEM — With Prime Minister Ariel Sharon recovering from emergency brain surgery Saturday, his doctors said it was still too early to assess how much damage the Isra...
Netanyahu seen as early frontrunner
JERUSALEM — With health on his side, Ariel Sharon was a force of nature capable of remaking Israel's political landscape again and aga...
Surgery eases brain pressure
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent emergency brain surgery today after doctors detected bleeding and increasing pressure, and ...
It brings total Thursday to 11
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military today announced the deaths of six more American troops killed in the recent barrage of violence that has ...
5 U.S. soldiers die in violence
KARBALA, Iraq — Suicide bombers targeted Shiite pilgrims in the south and police recruits in central Iraq today, killing about 100 people ...