BEIRUT, Lebanon - Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a billionaire who helped rebuild his country after decades of war but had recently moved to the opposition after a ...
DNA tests reunite tsunami tot, couple
KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka - DNA test results confirm that a baby boy rescued from tsunami debris in Sri Lanka and dubbed "Baby 81" belongs...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Israeli military was delivering the bodies of 15 militants to the Palestinians for burial today, a day after Israel's Cabinet approved the na...
Coalition with Kurds predicted
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Talks on who would get what in Iraq's newly-elected National Assembly were under way even before the final results came in,...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded in front of a hospital in a mostly Shiite town south of Baghdad Saturday, killing 17 and wounding 21, police and hospital officials s...
Security talks held in Europe
MUNICH, Germany - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld struck a conciliatory tone at a European security conference Saturday, saying the Ame...
DRESDEN, Germany - When the air raid sirens sounded in Dresden on Feb. 13, 1945, Rudi Warnatsch's family went wearily to the basement, hoping it was just another false a...
ROME - Pope John Paul II is doing well after leaving the hospital and should be able to continue with his work within a few days, a top Italian cardinal said in comments...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has demanded bilateral talks with the United States to defuse the tension created by its announcement that it is a nuclear power, the co...
Pope John Paul II waves Thursday as he leaves Rome's Polyclinic Agostino Gemelli hospital to return to the Vatican aboard his popemobile. Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro...
