ON THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER - Israeli troops commandeered high-rise buildings in three eastern districts of Gaza City on Monday, expelling residents and shooting militants in the streets in its furious effort to break Hamas' fighting ability as European diplomats poured into the region seeking a cease-fire. ...more

January 6, 2009

Bombs killed at least eight people Sunday across Iraq and wounded dozens of others, officials said. Syria's president blamed the U.S. military presence for Iraq's instability and called on U.S. troops to leave. ...more

November 10, 2008

Mike Toma had just come off fire watch duty in Beirut, Lebanon, and was asleep in his barracks when a bomb exploded less than 100 feet away. ...more

October 19, 2008

Israel struck hard against targets in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 20 Palestinians in a day of heavy fighting that also saw three Israeli soldiers die in a brazen Hamas ambush. ...more

April 17, 2008

Three Army soldiers who were killed in an intensive, three-hour firefight in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad last week may have died from friendly fire, military officials said Tuesday. ...more

January 16, 2008

Jim White, a gunner on a U.S Army Humvee, wasn't thinking about golf that morning in Arab Jabour some four months ago when hell suddenly rose up around him and two fellow soldiers, an improvised explosive device tossing their vehicle into a fiery, end-over-end tumble. If he had, however, it would not have been a surprise. ...more

November 25, 2007

The monthly toll of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq is on track to be the lowest in nearly two years, with at least 36 troop deaths recorded as of Tuesday, but the military cautioned it's too early to declare a long-term trend. ...more

October 31, 2007

The court-martial that cleared a U.S. Army sniper of two counts of murder sentenced him Saturday to five months in prison, reduced his rank to private and ordered his pay withheld for planting evidence in the deaths of two Iraqi civilians. ...more

September 30, 2007

U.S. Army Sgt. Evan Vela spoke in a low voice Thursday at the court-martial for his fellow soldier. Tears slid down the 23-year-old's cheeks, and the judge prompted him to talk louder. ...more

September 28, 2007

Seven U.S. troops were killed in two separate attacks, the military announced Friday, while Iraq's president said he would vote against carrying out the death sentence of a former defense minister, Gen. Sultan Hashim Ahmed. ...more

September 8, 2007