Elections held despite threats
KABUL, Afghanistan - Trucks, helicopters and donkeys carried ballots to counting centers across Afghanistan today, though early indications...
KARBALA, Iraq - Hundreds of thousands of Shiites descended today on the holy city of Karbala, paying tribute to one of their most revered religious figures in what Iraqi...
At least 31 Iraqis killed
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two suicide car bombers struck within a minute of each other just a half-mile apart in south Baghdad shortly before noon today, ...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Israel and the Palestinian Authority today said they fear al-Qaida terrorists will infiltrate into Gaza through the open Gaza-Egypt border, where Pal...
An Iraqi soldier secures the scene following an explosion in Baghdad today. At least 88 people were killed and 227 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle ne...
BERLIN - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld pledged today that U.S. military forces "will continue to play a strong role" in Afghanistan even after NATO allies expand the...
Capital erupts in violence
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber struck as day laborers gathered to find work in a Shiite neighborhood in north Baghdad, killing at least 8...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - A major outlawed Protestant group in Northern Ireland has abandoned its 11-year-old truce and is an enemy of the peace once again, Britain de...
Insurgents shelling area with mortars
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents shelled the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad early today, and U.S. and Iraqi commanders sa...
Gaza police lose control
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip - Palestinian police today blocked off abandoned Jewish settlements and chased after scavengers in a first attempt to im...
