BEIJING - Rescuers trying to reach 141 miners trapped by an underground explosion were pumping noxious fumes out of a Chinese coal mine today, but an official said their...
GAUHATI, India - The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has gone to extremes to protect its pristine environment, its ancient culture and the well being of its citizens. T...
7 Iraqis die in separate blast
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two American soldiers were killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in northwestern Baghdad, the U.S. command ...
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II, seeking to heal rifts with other Christians, on Saturday handed over the relics of two Orthodox saints that were brought to Rome from C...
BEIJING - The mother of a 21-year-old man accused of slashing as many as nine boys to death as they slept in their high school dormitory turned her son in after he attem...
He'll live in Japan with wife, kids
CAMP ZAMA, Japan - Free for the first time in nearly four decades, U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins sobbed with joy as he was releas...
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II expressed concern Friday over the decline in priestly vocations in the United States, telling visiting American bishops that the drop pr...
Dispute has divided nation
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's parliament speaker on Saturday called for declaring the presidential vote invalid, while supporters of the two men wh...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A leading Sunni politician said Saturday that a movement to delay Iraq's Jan. 30 elections was gaining momentum, while rebels briefly occupied city hall ...
They worked for British firm
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A mortar attack killed four employees of a British security firm and wounded 15 others in the Baghdad's Green Zone, a fortifi...
