35 Iraqis killed in bombing near key Shiite mosque
A suicide bomber struck at a checkpoint to a revered Shiite mosque here Thursday, killing 35 people and threatening to further agitate sectarian violence as U.S. and Iraqi troops intensified...
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UN nuclear watchdog urges U.S., EU to cool tone on Iran
United Nations atomic energy chief Mohammed ElBaradei urged the international community Thursday to steer away from threats of sanctions against Iran to prevent the dispute over the country's nuclear intentions...
Blair proposes strict anti-terrorism measures
LONDON - With his nation still bruised from last month's bombings, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced yesterday tougher anti-terrorism measures that include shutting down radical mosques and deporting Islamic...
Detainees in Iraq suffer abuse, says government
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The public war on the Iraqi insurgency has led to an atmosphere of hidden brutalities, including abuse and torture, carried out against detainees by the nation's special...
Papal speculation keeps oddsmakers busy
CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO, Italy - A book of numbers at his side, a pendulum in his pocket and his wife upstairs plotting astrological charts, Fabrizio Shamir predicts that the next...
Terror suspects back Moroccan
A Moroccan man facing a retrial here on charges of aiding the Sept. 11 hijackers knew nothing of the plot, according to interrogations by U.S. officials of two suspected Al...
Judges condemn W. Bank barrier
The International Court of Justice ruled here Friday that Israel's separation barrier in the occupied West Bank violates freedom of movement and should be demolished because it threatens a "de...
NATO acts to stop violence in Kosovo
The turmoil in Kosovo eased Friday as NATO, determined to prevent nationalist strife from again destabilizing the Balkans, deployed more troops into villages marred by gunfire and streaked with smoke...
Schroeder steps down from party leadership
In a sign of how much his economic reforms have angered the liberal core of his party, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder surprised the nation Friday by taking a political gamble...
Germany sacks general over letter
The German Defense Ministry fired a respected army general Tuesday for praising a conservative politician under criminal investigation for remarks that were widely regarded as anti-Semitic. Defense Minister Peter Struck...