JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - In a case that shocked South Africa for its brutality, a white farmer was sentenced to life in prison Friday for the murder of one of his bl...
QAIM, Iraq - About 1,000 U.S. troops, backed by attack helicopters, swarmed into a tiny Iraqi village near the Syrian border Saturday in an offensive aimed at rooting ou...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Riot police fired tear gas today at thousands of rock-throwing students demonstrating on the eve of drastic fuel price increases, which Indonesia's ...
Thursday toll climbs to 99
BAGHDAD - Elsewhere, in the southern city of Basra, an Iraqi police convoy was ambushed late Thursday, killing four policemen and wounding one,...
'Sea monster' had eluded past observations
TOKYO - When a nearly 20-foot long tentacle was hauled aboard his research ship, Tsunemi Kubodera knew he had something big. Th...
KABUL, Afghanistan - Two U.S. troops were killed in separate militant attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan, just over a week after the country held landmark elect...
19 Iraqis, 3 U.S. soldiers killed
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber attacked Iraqis applying for jobs as policemen today, killing nine and wounding 21, and U.S. officials ...
He's convicted of helping plot 9/11
MADRID, Spain - A suspected al-Qaida cell leader was convicted today of conspiring to commit murder in connection with the Sept. 11 at...
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq - The U.S. military freed 500 Iraqi detainees from Abu Ghraib prison today, a goodwill gesture requested by the Iraqi government ahead of the Muslim hol...
Israel offensive presses forward
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli aircraft attacked suspected weapons factories throughout the Gaza Strip today, pressing an offensive agai...
