Military looking at possibility of hoax
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - The U.S. Embassy said Thursday it has "credible information" that a missing U.S. Marine is in his native Lebano...
U.N. objects to American stance
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations nuclear officials were in apparent disagreement with Washington over U.S. claims that it had the proper au...
4 die when Samarra headquarters struck
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents fired mortar rounds today at a headquarters used by U.S. and Iraqi forces in the city of Samarra, destr...
CAIRO, Egypt - Armed Iraq insurgents threatened to kill a Filipino hostage if his country does not withdraw from Iraq, according to a video that aired Wednesday. The Phi...
Soldiers stopped Marine's service
MEXICO CITY - Mexico apologized for disrupting the military funeral of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq, but insisted that it had to make su...
Plan geared to crush militants
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government issued a long-anticipated package of security laws today to help crush insurgents, including a provis...
38 million are infected so far
LONDON - New HIV infections hit a record high last year as the virus continues to outpace the global effort to contain it, according to a U...
Previous claim said soldier beheaded
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The family of a Lebanese-born U.S. Marine held hostage in Iraq said it was confident Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun had be...
They warn him to leave Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A group of armed, masked Iraqi men threatened today to kill Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi if he did not immediately ...
Queen admits 'rocky times'
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II, who dedicated a fountain in honor of Princess Diana today, acknowledged that there had been difficult times with h...
