Israeli missiles fired from the sea hit Palestinian naval targets near Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's office in Gaza City on Saturday, Palestinian security sources said. They said one boat capsized and another was badly damaged, and a fue
Military sources in Kandahar said Sunday they are holding detainees who had "plans to one day travel to the United States and kill Americans." Bagram air base north of Kabul -- now holding roughly 50 detainees -- appears to be an increasingly important ar
Cyrus R. Vance, who resigned as President Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State over an ill-fated attempt to save American hostages from Iran, has died.
China has launched a massive 700 billion yuan ($84 billion) 5-year environmental protection plan to combat a worsening pollution problem. By 2005 China hopes to have reduced the total amount of pollutants in the air, water and soil by 10 percent of 2000 l
Welcoming Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's pledge to crack down on religious extremists, India says it will judge its neighbor's actions before it begins a military de-escalation or resumes dialogue. The statement marks the first Indian reaction to M
Twenty Afghan war detainees spent a "calm and peaceful" first night in a temporary detention center -- 6-by-8 chain-link cells on the U.S.
Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf roundly denounced terrorist fundamentalist Islamic elements in his nation in a highly anticipated speech as Pakistani police arrested dozens of people in Karachi on Saturday.
Police in Pakistan have arrested more than 200 suspected militants ahead of a key speech by President Pervez Musharraf, seen widely as an opportunity to satisfy Indian demands that he curbs Islamic extremism.
Israeli missiles fired from the sea early Saturday struck Palestinian naval targets near Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat's office in Gaza City, according to Palestinian security sources. The strikes were the latest Israeli military and law enfo
Twenty Afghan war detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba January 11 and were led off a C-141 transport plane in shackles by U.S.
The Singapore government has released a chilling videotape it says shows details of a planned attack by a broken terrorist cell on U.S.
Ford Motor Co. said Friday it is cutting 35,000 jobs worldwide and closing five plants in North America as the No.
On the same day as the first group of detainees from Afghanistan arrived at a U.S.
India is ready for war with Pakistan, its army chief says, and would use its nuclear weapons if its neighbor were to launch a nuclear strike first. India blames Pakistan for backing Kashmiri militants and terrorist groups who have conducted an ongoing gue
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe came under severe criticism after parliament approved legislation increasing the government's powers in the run-up to presidential elections in March. New Zealand has called for the Commonwealth to freeze Zimbabwe's memb
Rioters ransacked banks, destroyed ATM machines and set fires across downtown Buenos Aires early Friday after a night of street protests against a government freeze on bank deposits turned violent. The latest protests came after a largely peaceful nightti
The Philippine government is considering a U.S.
A New Jersey Air National Guard F-16 fighter jet crashed near a training range in southern New Jersey on Thursday and the pilot parachuted to safety, suffering minor injuries, officials said.
Lisa Beamer, the widow of one of the hero passengers who vowed to fight back before their hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania on September 11, has given birth to a healthy baby girl. Todd Beamer, 32, was one of several passengers aboard United Flight 9
The United States heaped some of the most intense pressure to date on the Palestinian Authority Thursday, with President Bush saying it is up to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to "renounce terror" and work hard to get back to the peace table.
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