Eight Americans died today in a suicide bombing at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. ...more

December 30, 2009

A former NFL quarterback who failed to show for sentencing on drunken driving charges nearly four years ago was killed in a car crash in Greece, authorities said, leaving behind an unsolved mystery involving two suspicious fires and years spent on the lam. ...more

March 20, 2009

Israel's shift to the right could throw a monkey wrench into President Barack Obama's conciliatory overtures to Iran and his budding drive to promote Arab-Israeli peacemaking. ...more

February 16, 2009

Iran invited the U.S. women's badminton team to compete in a tournament then denied its players visas Wednesday, saying there was no time to process their visa applicatio ...more

February 4, 2009

The Bush administration inherited a mess in strategic Somalia and may be leaving President-elect Barack Obama with a worse one. ...more

December 29, 2008

Angela Mulchandami was relieved to see her mother made it aboard a flight from Mumbai, India, to Atlanta on Thursday morning. ...more

November 28, 2008

Russian warships sailed into port in Venezuela on Tuesday in a show of strength as Moscow seeks to counter U.S. influence in Latin America. ...more

November 26, 2008

The United States officially responded Thursday to Iraqi proposals for changes in the draft security pact that would keep American troops here for three more years. ...more

November 7, 2008

Pakistan's defense minister cautioned the newly appointed head of the U.S. Central Command on Monday that launching further missile strikes in the country's troubled tribal areas could increase tensions between the two countries. ...more

November 4, 2008

A sophisticated bombing plot carried out against the U.S. Embassy in Yemen brings increased urgency to fears that Muslim extremists are gathering strength in that nation and could make it a headquarters for terrorism. ...more

September 18, 2008