MOSCOW — Alexander Yakovlev, who spearheaded former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's political reforms of openness known as glasnost and boldly exposed Communist cri...
Saddam is still hero to some
CAIRO, Egypt - To some, he is a wrongly accused Arab hero. To others, he is the embodiment of evil at last facing justice. As Saddam stood in...
Ex-leader denounces judge, trial
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein pleaded innocent to charges of murder and torture as his long-awaited trial began today with the one-time ...
System will aid U.S. scientists
SEOUL, South Korea - A bank that will create and supply new lines of embryonic stem cells for research opened today in Seoul as part of a ...
2 U.S. troops among dead
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents killed eight Iraqis and two coalition soldiers - one American and one British today, in attacks that included a gun ba...
TOKYO - A strong earthquake rocked eastern Japan late today, shaking buildings in Tokyo and nearby areas, but there was no immediate report of injuries or damage.
The ea...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein and seven senior members of his 23-year regime go on trial Wednesday to face charges they ordered the 1982 killings of nearly 150 people f...
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Wilma formed today in the northwestern Caribbean, tying the record for the most storms in an Atlantic season and following a path that some foreca...
Witnesses say many civilians
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. warplanes and helicopters bombed two villages near the restive city of Ramadi, killing an estimated 70 militants, the mi...
Sunni veto bid seems to fall short in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's landmark constitution seemed assured of passage Sunday after initial results showed minority Sunni Arabs...
