POLGAHAWELA, Sri Lanka - An intercity passenger train collided with a bus that tried to dash through a railroad crossing in northwestern Sri Lanka today, killing 35 peop...
Missile sale seen as threat
JERUSALEM - Russian President Vladimir Putin is about to embark on the first visit by a Kremlin leader to the Jewish state, a historic bid to ...
Plane becomes largest airliner
BLAGNAC, France - The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, successfully took off and landed on its maiden flight today, a mile...
Spectators cheer at the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger plane, successfully takes off on its maiden flight near Toulouse, France, earlier today. The plane car...
Palestinians get land, peace deal
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip - Thousands of Israelis poured into the Gaza Strip's main Jewish settlement bloc today to protest this summer's...
Syrian soldiers applaud as they cross the Lebanese border point of Masnaa today in the Bekaa Valley. The last Syrian soldiers left Lebanon today, waving and flashing vic...
TEL AVIV, Israel - Former Israeli President Ezer Weizman, a political moderate who pioneered contacts with Palestinian leaders and helped bring about the Jewish state's ...
Trip comes amid war talk
NANJING, China - Taiwan's opposition leader arrived in China today for the highest-level visit by a Taiwanese political figure since the two side...
2 were raised in anti-Nazi household
REGENSBURG, Germany - After 81 years, the Rev. Georg Ratzinger thought he had lived through as much as a man could in a lifetime. He ...
Military had been in place since 1976
MASNAA, Lebanon - Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon ended today when Syrian soldiers flashing victory signs crossed back ...
