Israel's prime minister on Sunday gave his military a "free hand" to attack Gaza militants after a rocket slammed into a house in this town where the visiting U.N. humanitarian chief had just called for an end to the daily salvos. ...more

February 18, 2008

Police let four gunmen get away in an ambulance after a more than 24-hour hostage standoff at a bank, but the fugitives soon found there was no escape. ...more

January 30, 2008

In a daring ambush, insurgents blasted a U.S. patrol with a roadside bomb Monday and showered survivors with gunfire from a mosque in increasingly lawless Mosul. Five U.S. soldiers were killed in the blast - even as Iraqi troops entered the northern city to challenge al-Qaida in Iraq. ...more

January 29, 2008

Former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party were skeptical Sunday of a new law enabling them to reclaim government jobs, saying they feared it might be a plot to hunt them down. ...more

January 14, 2008

A car bomb left at least 14 people dead in the capital Friday, and U.S. troops chasing extremists in one of their last remaining bastions in central Iraq said they killed five al-Qaida gunmen. ...more

December 29, 2007

A Waffle House employee was pistol-whipped this morning in a series of three robberies investigators think was committed by the same two men, said Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter. ...more

December 27, 2007

Gunmen in Baghdad snatched 10 Sunni and Shiite tribal sheiks from their cars Sunday as they were heading home to Diyala province after talks with the government on fighting al-Qaida, and at least one was later found shot to death. ...more

October 29, 2007

DeMario Johnson, better known as "Knox" or "Turbo," may have rapped about the violence he saw on the street, but there's no way the lyrics he wrote could have foreshadowed his own death. ...more

September 21, 2007

The Iraqi government defended its efforts to stabilize the country on the eve of a key U.S. progress report but said Sunday it needs more help and was not ready for a timetable on the withdrawal of U.S. forces. ...more

September 10, 2007

Death threats, a kidnapping and the theft of thousands of dollars in jewelry and electronics prompted a Tampa couple to seek help after gunmen raided their home Tuesday, authorities said. ...more

September 7, 2007