IED threat shadows Marines' every move

IED threat shadows Marines' every move

A long, dusty road under a bright blue Afghan sky. To the left, a stagnant irrigation canal; to the right, drying cornfields. Marines from...

Israel, Hamas said to be near deal on prisoner swap

Expectations of a swap of hundreds of jailed Palestinian militants for an Israeli soldier held by Hamas soared Monday after some of the most...

January election in Iraq? Doubtful

Hopes for a January election in Iraq faded Monday after Shiite Muslim and Kurdish legislators teamed up to vote for a new version of an...

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U.S. youths recruited to fight in Somali militia, authorities say

Federal authorities unsealed criminal charges Monday against eight suspects alleged to be part of a U.S. recruiting network that sent...

Obama's Afghanistan announcement may be soon

The Obama administration's leading war planners and diplomats are preparing to testify before Congress about the conflict in Afghanistan,...

Egypt's Nile Delta: Fertile land, but not for jobs

Egypt's Nile Delta: Fertile land, but not for jobs

The rice has been harvested, the chaff burned. It's time for planting winter wheat, seed sunk deep into new furrow, as white birds with...

Lula takes risk in welcoming Ahmadinejad to Brazil

Lula takes risk in welcoming Ahmadinejad to Brazil

Reporting from Bogota, Colombia Borzou Daragahi, and Beirut -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives today in Brazil on a Latin...

Iran begins air-defense drills to protect nuclear sites

Iran on Sunday launched what it described as its biggest air-defense drill ever with the aim of preparing to protect its nuclear sites...

Sabbath protest in Jerusalem

Sabbath protest in Jerusalem

About 3,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrated Saturday outside an Intel plant in Jerusalem to protest its operating on the Jewish Sabbath, an...

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza Strip

Israeli planes carried out airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip today, injuring seven people, Palestinian medical workers said.

Egypt recalls envoy from Algeria over soccer violence

Egypt recalls envoy from Algeria over soccer violence

Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Algeria after Egyptian soccer fans were attacked by their Algerian counterparts following the two...

Iraq vice president vetoes new election law

Iraq vice president vetoes new election law

One of Iraq's vice presidents vetoed the country's new election law Wednesday, throwing into fresh doubt the feasibility of holding...