Militant, Israel crises rage on
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian Authority president on Saturday and started his job facing two crises: Isr...
Officials eager to withdraw
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The United States is eager to end its military tsunami mission as soon as other nations are ready to take over, the U....
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The infant dubbed "Baby 81" nurses from a bottle of milk and kicks playfully at a pink blanket as nine desperate, heartbroken women quarrel over him...
DARMSTADT, Germany - A European space probe has landed on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan after a seven-year journey, a space official said Friday, buoying hopes that...
Steps taken to increase turnout
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis in two of the country's most troubled provinces will be permitted to register and vote on the day of elections, the...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea today announced it would return to six-party nuclear talks and would consider treating the United States as a "friend," shortly after a ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Muslim militants claimed responsibility today for the assassination of a community leader who was working to get out the vote on behalf of Iraq's t...
Refugee camps being sprayed
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Masked workers with mosquito-killing spray guns began moving through refugee camps today in tsunami-battered Aceh prov...
LONDON - Jewish groups and lawmakers in Britain criticized the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II today for wearing a Nazi soldier's uniform to a fancy dress party.
Prince H...
Turkish man kidnapped
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen killed a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric, along with the aide's son...
