U.S. troops aim to quell uprising
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi troops pushed into insurgent-heavy neighborhoods and stormed police stations in Mosul today, launching an...
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - The U.N. Security Council imposed an immediate arms embargo on Ivory Coast's hard-line government after its violent confrontation with France, dra...
Fierce clashes erupt elsewhere
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Fierce battles between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi forces killed at least nine people today in Baqouba - the latest in a ...
Rebels dressed like allies cost U.S. lives
FALLUJAH, Iraq - The farther south the Marines push through this rebellious city, the more often they are noticing that the men...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Fearing an uprising in support of embattled insurgents in Fallujah, the Iraqi government rushed reinforcements to the key city of Mosul after police fled...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands - At least 5,500 residents of St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, have signed a petition asking Congress to make the...
Crowd carried coffin to grave
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat was laid to rest in a marble-and-stone grave today after his flag-draped coffin was borne through a sea ...
FALLUJAH, Iraq - American forces pushed deeper into the southern reaches of Fallujah, cornering militants backed into smaller pockets of the city. Hundreds of men trying...
Abbas elected PLO chairman
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Mahmoud Abbas, a former prime minister and a veteran peace negotiator, was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation O...
FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. warplanes and artillery bombarded southern parts of Fallujah where troops were trying to squeeze Sunni fighters in a smaller and smaller cordon tod...