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...
Finger-pointing over 9-11 goes on
CRAWFORD, Texas - Now that it is public, a pre-Sept. 11 briefing memo on al-Qaida has President Bush and his critics giving opposing ver...
TOKYO - Optimism that three Japanese held hostage in Iraq would be quickly released evaporated today, as Tokyo's top government spokesman now suggested authorities were ...
Fallujah Civilian casualty numbers argued
FALLUJAH, Iraq - Gunfire was largely silenced today in the second day of a truce in Fallujah, where Iraqi doctors said 600 peopl...
