President wants Israel destroyed
TEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of Iranians staged anti-Israel demonstrations across the country today, repeating calls by their ultraco...
GENEVA — Governments and other donors told the United Nations on Wednesday they were pledging an additional $580 million for Pakistani earthquake victims, but U.N. offic...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents using roadside bombs and small arms fire killed three U.S. soldiers and wounded four, the military said today.
Meanwhile, U.S. aircraft destro...
2,200 firms paid Saddam
UNITED NATIONS — About half of the 4,500 companies in the U.N. oil-for-food program paid $1.8 billion in kickbacks and illicit surcharges to Sadd...
Catholic officials at heart of sex scandal
DUBLIN, Ireland — Former bishops, police and state agencies did far too little to prevent the alleged sexual abuse of more than...
Tourists pour out of Cancun
CANCUN, Mexico — By bus and charter flights, thousands of tourists streamed out of this Caribbean resort city that was pounded by Hurricane Wi...
TOKYO — The United States accepted a Japanese proposal for the relocation of a U.S. air station on Okinawa today, resolving a dispute that had blocked progress on milita...
Explosives found in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan — Militants attacked security forces on two sides of Kabul, killing seven people in some of the deadliest attacks ne...
LISSA, Nigeria — Nigeria said Monday it had requested help from the United States to determine what caused an airliner to slam into the ground, killing all 117 people ab...
Sunnis fail to block passage
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's landmark constitution was adopted fairly by a majority of voters during the country's Oct. 15 referendum, as Sunni Ara...
