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...
JERUSALEM - Israel's parliament has called a special debate on the threat posed by Jewish extremists opposed to settlement evacuation, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fo...
Prime minister won't interfere
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The interim prime minister said Monday he would not interfere with an Iraqi tribunal's right to decide whether Saddam Husse...
Members of the Islamic Solidarity Movement in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today shout slogans against the court appearance of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. They call the pr...
