LONDON - A week after his death, speculation still swirls around what killed Yasser Arafat. Cirrhosis of the liver, AIDS, a blood disorder and poisoning are frequently m...
UNITED NATIONS - U.N. diplomats abandoned contentious efforts to draft a treaty that would outlaw human cloning and will likely settle for a weaker declaration that won'...
Position shifts on crackdown on militants
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signaled that he is dropping what was once his key demand for resuming peace tal...
Insurgents continue fight despite losses
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The recapture of Fallujah has not broken the insurgents' will to fight and may not pay the big dividend U.S. plan...
An Iraqi woman and a U.S. soldier take cover as troops come under fire in Baghdad after a car bomb rammed into a civilian convoy today along the city's airport road, set...
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia is developing a new form of nuclear missile unlike those held by other countries, news agencies reported.
Speaki...
Video believed to be of Hassan
BAGHDAD, Iraq - British and Irish leaders today condemned the apparent slaying of a British aid worker who would be the first foreign woman...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police said today that 31 Iraqi policemen have been kidnapped in western Iraq while returning from training in Jordan.
The police officers were ambushed ...
ROME - The "dolce vita" days for Italy's lazy language learners are gone.
For a long while, Italians got away with ignoring the growing use of English as a lingua franca...
U.S. convoy hit by car bomber
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomber rammed a U.S. convoy today north of Baghdad during clashes with militants that killed 10 people, witnesses said...
