Key constitution issues undecided
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Key parts of Iraq's draft constitution that address issues such as the role of Islam and the power of local governments ...
Greek plane's recorder harmed
ATHENS, Greece - Officials today said they had found only the exterior container of the cockpit voice recorder from a Cypriot airliner crash...
KABUL, Afghanistan - A helicopter belonging to the NATO-led international security force crashed today in western Afghanistan, killing 17 Spanish troops, officials said....
Constitution will be done today, leaders say
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi leaders insisted that a draft constitution will be presented to parliament by today's deadline, despite...
Israeli authorities fear violence from extremists
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip - Defiant and tearful Jewish settlers locked their communities' gates and formed human chains t...
Japan offers apology for WWII role
TOKYO - Asia commemorated the 60th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender today by honoring the dead and searching for reconcili...
Shiite proposal may be tactical
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Arab leaders today rejected Shiite calls for a federal Iraq enshrined in the constitution, saying the proposal would...
32 killed in combat so far in August
WASHINGTON - The National Guard and Reserve suffered more combat deaths in Iraq during the first 10 days of August - at least 32, acc...
The Rev. Daijho Ota, head priest of the Kotaiji Temple in Nagasaki, Japan, prays over a flame during a ceremony Tuesday at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Tuesd...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four U.S. soldiers were killed and six others wounded when insurgents attacked their patrol in a northern Iraqi city, while a car bomb targeting a joint ...
