Chinese official dismisses remarks
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japan's prime minister apologized today for his country's World War II aggression in Asia but a Chinese official d...
It caps violent week in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded today at a Shiite mosque in the capital, killing eight people and wounding 20, police said.
Meanwhile, a ...
Saudi Arabian police inspect burned-out vehicles Thursday following a clash between Islamic militants and Saudi security forces in Mecca, Islam's holiest city. Two milit...
MADRID, Spain - Twenty-four Muslim men went on trial today as suspected members of an al-Qaida cell accused of using Spain as a staging ground to plot the Sept. 11 terro...
A nun peeks out of a window to look at Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. The pontiff left Vatican City for a short time Thursday for a quick visit to his former home just outsi...
No shakeup in Vatican's top officials
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI confirmed Cardinal Angelo Sodano in the Vatican's No. 2 post today and kept all other top officials...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A commercial helicopter contracted by the U.S. Defense Department was shot down by missile fire today north of the Iraqi capital, the Bulgarian Defense M...
Al-Qaida group behind attack
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Al-Qaida in Iraq, the country's most feared terror group, claimed responsibility today for a suicide car bombing that targete...
Vatican ties could grow
MANILA, Philippines - Officials and churchgoers from around the world expressed hope today that the new pope will continue the work of his predece...
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - From the shanty-covered hillsides of Tegucigalpa to the cosmopolitan streets of Buenos Aires and dusty villages in Africa, hopes had been high th...
