Israeli Cabinet to vote on `road map’
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reluctantly agreed to take a U.S.-backed peace plan to a Cabinet vote this weekend in exchange for an American promise to consider revisions, an...
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Iraq war cost could soar, Pentagon says
The Pentagon has begun telling the White House and Congress that defeating Iraq and occupying the country for six months could cost as much as $85 billion, according to sources...
U.S. vows to resettle scientists from Iraq
The United States has promised the United Nations that it will permanently resettle Iraqi scientists who provide information on Iraq's secret arms programs, U.S. officials said. Some family members also...
U.S.: Key Al Qaeda operative captured
U.S. authorities said Thursday that they have captured a top Al Qaeda leader who allegedly masterminded the 2000 attack on the USS Cole and is a suspect in the bombing...
Israel keen to quiz accountant
Inside Yasser Arafat's wrecked headquarters is the man near the top of Israel's most-wanted list: a pudgy, 62-year-old accountant. He is Fuad Shubaki, chief financial officer of the Palestinian Authority....
U.S. seeks new start on Koreas
In a bit of diplomatic damage control, Secretary of State Colin Powell held talks here Friday with President Kim Dae Jung to signal determined American support for South Korea's efforts...
Asian crises greet Powell on first trip
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Japan late Monday on his first swing through Asia amid two breaking regional crises--the ouster of Indonesia's president and the plummeting of...