At least 50 die in the blast
IRBIL, Iraq - An Iraqi carrying hidden explosives set them off outside a police recruitment center today where people were applying for jobs,...
An Iraqi woman screams and cries today in front of a security guard as victims of a suicide bombing are transported to the hospital in the Iraqi town of Irbil. An insurg...
KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military installed a new commander in Afghanistan today, a fresh Army general who pledged to be "relentless" in combating insurgents still ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's incoming prime minister today met with the presidential council to finalize the remaining seats in his Cabinet before Iraq's first democratically ...
Nuclear talks warn of chaos
UNITED NATIONS - The voice was soft, calm, familiar. But the scenario Kofi Annan sketched out was chilling.
A nuclear bomb goes off in a great...
Most downplay N. Korea's test
SEOUL, South Korea - Asian governments today played down the significance of North Korea's latest missile test, saying it involved a short-...
KABUL, Afghanistan - A hidden weapons cache exploded in northern Afghanistan today, killing 28 people and injuring more than 70, officials said.
The weapons were stored ...
Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful as his personal secretary, George Gaenswein, adjusts the microphone during the pontiff's first appearance of his papacy Sunday at t...
190 countries review treaty
UNITED NATIONS - For the seventh time since it took force in 1970, the world's nations gather today to reassess how well the Nuclear Nonprolif...
Cabinet selection heightens violence
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded in an upscale shopping district of Baghdad today, killing at least six Iraqis and setting fire to...
