4 troops killed in bomb blasts
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said today that four U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate roadside bombings near the insurgent stron...
N. Korea agrees to halt production
BEIJING - North Korea today agreed to stop building nuclear weapons and allow international inspections in exchange for energy aid, eco...
Sunday's election is inconclusive
BERLIN - Conservative leader Angela Merkel and the chairman of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats said today they both had ...
Elections held despite threats
KABUL, Afghanistan - Trucks, helicopters and donkeys carried ballots to counting centers across Afghanistan today, though early indications...
KARBALA, Iraq - Hundreds of thousands of Shiites descended today on the holy city of Karbala, paying tribute to one of their most revered religious figures in what Iraqi...
At least 31 Iraqis killed
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two suicide car bombers struck within a minute of each other just a half-mile apart in south Baghdad shortly before noon today, ...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Israel and the Palestinian Authority today said they fear al-Qaida terrorists will infiltrate into Gaza through the open Gaza-Egypt border, where Pal...
An Iraqi soldier secures the scene following an explosion in Baghdad today. At least 88 people were killed and 227 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle ne...
BERLIN - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld pledged today that U.S. military forces "will continue to play a strong role" in Afghanistan even after NATO allies expand the...
Capital erupts in violence
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber struck as day laborers gathered to find work in a Shiite neighborhood in north Baghdad, killing at least 8...
