Some governments that, for reasons economic, political or strategic, have a particularly high stake in the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
ISRAEL:
Prime Minis...
RAMALLAH, West Bank - An ailing Yasser Arafat performed Muslim prayers before dawn today and ate a light breakfast, but his condition remained serious and Israeli securi...
Americans taking advantage of trips
LONDON - When Janet Robinson flew in from New York on a business trip this week, she added an extra, unusual appointment to her schedu...
Countries try to sway race for president
PARIS - At crunch time in U.S. presidential elections, the perennial swing state of Ohio gets plenty of attention, blitzed by the...
U.S. preparing for offensive
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Some 800 British troops, accompanied by U.S. Marines, began making their way toward Baghdad today as part of a redeployment a...
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, bolstered by the approval of his Gaza withdrawal plan by parliament, said he will stand firm against rebels in his Likud Party w...
KABUL, Afghanistan - Counting in Afghanistan's presidential election concluded
Tuesday
, with U.S.-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner even though some b...
Money often sent by family
HAVANA - Moving to wean its communist economic system from the U.S. currency, Cuba said that dollars will no longer be accepted at island busin...
Officials probe troop massacre
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. airstrike in Fallujah today killed an aide to Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the military said, while Ira...
Terror leader claims credit
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi officials suspect that about 50 U.S.-trained Iraqi soldiers slain by insurgents - many of them execution-style - may hav...
