A top Hezbollah commander, long sought by the United States for his role in terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of Americans in the 1980s, died Tuesday night in Damascus when a bomb detonated under the car he was in, Syrian officials said. ...more

February 14, 2008

Egypt will begin taking bids in February to build the country's first nuclear reactor, the state-run news agency reported Saturday. ...more

January 27, 2008

There is no mudslinging or million-dollar war chest. No party nominations, dirty tricks or battles for key endorsements. ...more

January 19, 2008

Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Europeans to stop helping the United States in the war in Afghanistan, according to excerpts of a new audiotape broadcast Thursday on Al-Jazeera television. ...more

November 30, 2007

Arab holdout Syria agreed Sunday to attend a Mideast peace conference called by President Bush to restart talks to resolve the six-decade conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, yet expectations for the summit remained low. The two sides came to Washington without agreeing on basic terms for their negotiations. ...more

November 26, 2007

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is looking to the past for lessons on how to make next month's Mideast peace conference a success. ...more

October 28, 2007

Two major Darfur rebel groups said Friday they plan to boycott upcoming peace talks, a major blow to negotiations the U.N. hoped could reach a new agreement for the Sudanese region torn by years of fighting. ...more

October 27, 2007

The State Department's embattled security chief resigned on Wednesday as the scandal over last month's deadly Blackwater USA shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad claimed its first political casualty. ...more

October 25, 2007

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday ordered all diplomatic convoys in Baghdad to travel under the supervision of U.S. government security officials, a drastic overhaul of operations after allegations that the department's private guards, Blackwater USA, have engaged in unnecessary violence in the Iraqi capital. ...more

October 5, 2007