Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made a surprise New Year visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo commemorating the country's war dead. The visit was met with an angry reaction from China and South Korea, which are among nations that
A severe earthquake shook Indonesia's tourist islands of Bali and Lombok on Friday, injuring 29 people and damaging dozens of buildings, officials said. The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said the quake had a magnitude of 6.
Authorities concerned about terrorism canceled or delayed four flights in 24 hours between London and the Washington Dulles International Airport. The flurry of activity over New Year's took place a week and a half after the Bush administration raised the
US troops arrested an Iraqi who was said to be smuggling foreign fighters into Iraq from Syria, and also captured 10 Muslim fundamentalists northeast of Baghdad, the military said. In the western town of Ar-Rutbah, soldiers caught a man they suspected of
The trickle of survivors pulled alive from the rubble of the Bam earthquake dried up Friday, one week after the pre-dawn tremor struck. Rescuers found a man, a child and a pregnant woman in the remains of the ancient Iranian Silk Road City Thursday.
The death toll rose to eight in a car bomb attack that destroyed a Baghdad restaurant crowded with New Year's Eve revelers, officials said Thursday. Three Los Angeles Times reporters were among the 35 wounded.
The ailing Pope John Paul II made an impassioned call for world peace in a thanksgiving ceremony at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. "Mary, queen of peace, bring us days of peace for the city of Rome, for Italy, for Europe and for the whole world," the 83
Authorities closed off streets around a Germany military hospital Tuesday, saying they had received a tip from the United States that al-Qaida-linked extremists planned car bomb attacks against the facility. An American intelligence agency passed on the i
In Bangkok, the bodies of two Thai soldiers killed in the Karbala attacks also returned home where they were given a solemn guard of honour. Dozens of Thai troops formed the guard at Bangkok's air force base as the flag-draped coffins containing the bodie
A letter bomb has reached the office of EuroJust, the European Union (EU) agency coordinating anti-terrorism efforts. The device, however, did not explode.
Michael Jackson's chief spokesman Stuart Backerman quit due to "strategic differences with the way things are going." Earlier this month, child molestation charges were brought against the legendary pop singer.
Death toll from the severe earthquake that shook Iran's southeastern part last Friday could reach 50,000, officials said Tuesday. The quake, measuring 6.
The British embassy in Peru was closed for two days, December 30 and 31, after they received a terror threat. It applied to the embassy only, the UK Foreign Office said.
A powerful explosion rocked Iraq's capital Baghdad at about 04:35 p.m.
Survivors and rescuers in Iran's historic city of Bam were shaken by two frightening aftershocks on Monday morning that caused some of the few remaining walls to tumble and left a rising cloud of dust over the remains of the city's ancient fortress. More
A strong offshore earthquake rattled Japan's northernmost main island. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The World Health Organization said it wants samples from China's suspected SARS case sent to labs overseas for testing because local tests have been inconclusive. Meanwhile, health departments throughout China stepped up anti-SARS measures, days after aut
An extreme nationalist party allied to indicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic won Serbia's parliamentary elections but failed to get the majority needed to govern, official preliminary results show. Milosevic and three other Balkan war crimes suspects w
Roadside bombs in separate guerrilla attacks killed two US soldiers and two Iraqi children, including one explosion that went off in a densely populated part of Baghdad. Hundreds of weeping and wailing mourners buried victims of an attack the day before i
The UK tightened air travel security following US decision to increase terror alert level, the British government announced on Sunday. They explained that the new measures were a "responsible and prudent step".
US soldier and two Iraqi children died when an "improvised explosive device" exploded along a crowded roadside in the Karadah district of Baghdad, the US military said. Five other soldiers were wounded, some seriously, in the attack Sunday at 10:15 a.
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