Israeli authorities fear violence from extremists
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip - Defiant and tearful Jewish settlers locked their communities' gates and formed human chains t...
Japan offers apology for WWII role
TOKYO - Asia commemorated the 60th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender today by honoring the dead and searching for reconcili...
Shiite proposal may be tactical
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Arab leaders today rejected Shiite calls for a federal Iraq enshrined in the constitution, saying the proposal would...
32 killed in combat so far in August
WASHINGTON - The National Guard and Reserve suffered more combat deaths in Iraq during the first 10 days of August - at least 32, acc...
The Rev. Daijho Ota, head priest of the Kotaiji Temple in Nagasaki, Japan, prays over a flame during a ceremony Tuesday at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Tuesd...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four U.S. soldiers were killed and six others wounded when insurgents attacked their patrol in a northern Iraqi city, while a car bomb targeting a joint ...
KABUL, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan killed a U.S. service member, and suspected Taliban rebels gunned down an Afghan woman accused of spying for ...
VIENNA, Austria - Iran has manufactured about 4,000 centrifuges capable of enriching uranium to weapons grade, an exiled Iranian dissident who helped uncover nearly two ...
Survivors call for nuclear ban
NAGASAKI, Japan - The second and last city ever attacked by an atomic bomb marked the 60th anniversary of its devastation today with a Cath...
Netanyahu to head opposition
JERUSALEM - Benjamin Netanyahu assumed the mantle of leadership of opposition to Israel's pullout from Gaza by resigning as finance minister ...
