LONDON - A purported truce offer from Osama bin Laden met with flat rejections from key European nations, including Iraq war opponents France and Germany, and condemnati...
Gunmen grab U.S. worker
NAJAF, Iraq - An Iraqi leader said he saw "flexibility" on the side of an anti-American cleric amid diplomatic efforts to end a standoff with U.S....
Palestinians oppose plan
JERUSALEM - President Bush's strong endorsement Wednesday could give Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon the political cover he needs to push thr...
ROME - An Italian hostage was executed by his Iraqi abductors, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini confirmed Wednesday night.
Earlier, the Arabic TV network Al-Jazeera repo...
U.S. poised to strike at al-Sadr
BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iranian envoy headed to Najaf today on a mission to work out a solution to the U.S. standoff with a radical Shiite cle...
CAIRO, Egypt - A man identifying himself as Osama bin Laden offered a "truce" to European countries that do not attack Muslims, saying it would begin when their soldiers...
April deadliest month in Iraq for Americans
FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. warplanes and helicopters hammered gunmen today, straining a truce in besieged Fallujah. With more troop...
SEOUL, South Korea - The U.S. military will relinquish a key outpost along the tense frontier with North Korea this year as part of a force reshuffle on the divided Kore...
U.S. helicopter goes down
NAJAF, Iraq - A 2,500-strong U.S. force, backed by tanks and artillery, pushed to the outskirts of the Shiite holy city of Najaf today for a sho...
He spent 3 days in Japan
BEIJING - Vice President Dick Cheney is taking praise to China for its efforts to prod North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions, but U.S. off...
