Court will resume in early Dec.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The trial of Saddam Hussein for alleged crimes against humanity resumed in a heavily guarded courtroom today with the form...
Chemical spill woes continue
HARBIN, China — Premier Wen Jiabao visited this city in China's northeast Saturday and expressed concern for the 3.8 million residents enduri...
Relaxed laws took hold on Thursday
LONDON — Like some other Londoners, Chantal Faraut celebrated late Thursday night with a few drinks in one of the many pubs no longer f...
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is toughening its stand against gay candidates for the priesthood, specifying in a new document that even men with "transitory" homosexual ten...
Palestinians take control of Rafah
RAFAH TERMINAL, Gaza Strip — Joyous Palestinians crossed from Gaza to Egypt through a Palestinian-run border terminal Saturday, the fir...
Stance on Iraq may be costly
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Kerry initially voted in favor of a Republican-sponsored resolution calling on President Bush to explain his strategy ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A suicide bomber drove his pickup truck into a crowded gas station north of Baghdad on Saturday and killed 12 people while a second car bomb targeting a ...
Suicide bombers attack hospital
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A key witness against Saddam Hussein has died of cancer, but his testimony has been recorded on audio and video tape for p...
Gaza-Egypt passage ‘new gate to world’
RAFAH TERMINAL, Gaza Strip — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas opened the Gaza-Egypt border in a festive ceremony today — a mileston...
New prime minister named
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan's King Abdullah II appointed a new prime minister Thursday and urged him to launch an all-out war against Islamic militanc...
