U.N. passes plan for government
UNITED NATIONS - Supporters and opponents of the Iraq war joined forces to help launch the country's interim government, unanimously adopt...
BOLOGNA, Italy - In this old center of stargazing, as in much of the world, thousands watched a rare heavenly show Tuesday: the black dot of Venus inching across the bla...
Pullout of troops could begin soon
SEOUL, South Korea - The United States wants to withdraw a third of its 37,000 troops stationed in South Korea by the end of next year,...
Gorbachev calls him 'true leader'
LONDON - Ronald Reagan was remembered in former Soviet republics and other ex-East Bloc nations as the American president who stared dow...
He offers input on U.N. resolution
UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's foreign minister said U.S.-led forces are keeping his country from falling into chaos and must stay, but he joi...
LONDON - Frances Shand Kydd, who had an often turbulent relationship with her late daughter, Princess Diana, died Thursday at her home in Scotland. She was 68.
Shand Kyd...
BEIJING - Police kept Tiananmen Square free of demonstrators today, detaining at least 16 people while activists abroad marked the 15th anniversary of the deadly attack ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - OPEC met today to discuss boosting production to bring down the uncomfortably high prices for crude oil, with the Saudi oil minister saying he expects ...
NAJAF, Iraq - Fighting broke out today between U.S. soldiers and Shiite militiamen in Kufa - the eighth straight day of clashes that have all but ruined a deal signed la...
He endorses government
NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric gave his tacit endorsement to the new interim government today, and urged it to lobby the U.N. ...
