ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani troops backed by artillery and aircraft attacked two suspected terrorist hideouts near the rugged Afghan border on Saturday, security off...
U.S. gymnast Carly Patterson is embraced by her coach, Evgeny Marchenko, after winning the gold medal Thursday in the women's gymnastics all-around final at the 2004 Oly...
NAJAF, Iraq - Followers loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said today they were prepared to hand control of the revered Imam Ali Shrine to top Shiite religio...
NAJAF, Iraq - Shiite militants bombarded a Najaf police station with mortars today, killing seven policemen and wounding 31 people after a Cabinet minister issued an ult...
Bible figure might have used cave
KIBBUTZ TZUBA, Israel - Archaeologists think they've found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers - basing their t...
Iraqi soldiers ready to enter compound
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's National Conference refused today to send a second delegation to Najaf to negotiate an end to fighting betwe...
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat acknowledged today that the Palestinian Authority had made mistakes, but the rare admission appeared to be aimed more at deflecting c...
TOKYO - Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer appealed to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday to help him renounce U.S. citizenship as he announced plans ...
Fighting in Najaf resumes
NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks rolled into the Old City of Najaf toward a holy Shiite shrine where militants were hiding today as participants at a na...
ROME - Continental low-carb? No thanks. We'll have slabs of black bread for breakfast, rigatoni with broccoli and hot pepper sauce for lunch and a plate of shrimp paella...
