Ships, planes stream toward stricken areas
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Two U.S. aircraft carrrier battle groups loaded with supplies headed for tsunami-ravaged coasts today a...
PERTH, Australia - Struggling in the raging floodwaters, Jillian Searle had to make a choice: which son to hold on and which to let go.
Searle, of Perth, Australia, was ...
Rebel groups issue warning
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops rounded up 49 suspected guerrillas near Saddam Hussein's hometown today, a day after Iraq's most violent rebel grou...
Flare lit at concert may be responsible
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A fire that raced through a packed Buenos Aires nightclub during a rock concert killed at least 174 conc...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi police hunted for suspects today after insurgents bombed two security headquarters in Riyadh, setting off violence that left 10 attackers an...
Many still missing in Asia
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The death toll from last weekend's earthquake-tsunami catastrophe rose to more than 114,000 today as Indonesia uncovere...
Plans laid for West Bank
JERUSALEM - Israel should withdraw from more of the West Bank after a small-scale pullback set for 2005, Israel's vice premier said in an intervi...
Attack leaves 1 American soldier dead, 15 wounded
BAGHDAD, Iraq - American troops and warplanes killed at least 25 insurgents as they attacked a U.S. outpost in Mosul wit...
Forces lured into building
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents lured police to a house in west Baghdad with an anonymous tip about a rebel hideout, then set off explosives, killin...
MALE, Maldives - The tidal waves that swept across the Indian Ocean did more than take a heavy toll of lives and property in the Maldives - it confronted the tiny island...