LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Carlos Mesa said he would submit his resignation to Congress after 17 months in office, warning that growing protests against Bolivia's oil a...
Plans for total withdrawal postponed
DAMASCUS, Syria - The presidents of Syria and Lebanon announced today that Syrian troops will pull back to Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Va...
VATICAN CITY - Even if Pope John Paul II is released from hospital in time for Easter at the end of the month, he is unlikely to fully participate in services marking Ch...
Agent killed at checkpoint
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Nursing an injured shoulder, an Italian journalist held by Iraqi insurgents returned to Italy on Saturday, a day after she came...
Wrist displays can pinpoint militants
HOLON, Israel - Israeli troops are now sporting gear that Dick Tracy would be proud of: tiny video screens, worn on the wrist, which...
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II is "progressively improving" and may be able to leave the hospital by Easter, the Vatican said today, a week after the pontiff was rushe...
Car bombs target Iraqis
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq has topped 1,500, an Associated Press count showed today after the military announced the...
LONDON - The Bush administration is applying its strongest pressure to date on Syria, insisting on an immediate withdrawal from neighboring Lebanon and blaming terrorist...
Car bombs kill 10 Iraqi troops
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen killed a judge and lawyer working for the special tribunal that will try Saddam Hussein and members of his former re...
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II spoke with a top Vatican official in German and Italian today, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said, suggesting the ailing pontiff was making ...