As of Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at least 561 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan...

TV stations in 22 U.S. cities announced Thursday that they will start broadcasting their signals this year in a format designed to be received by mobile devices like...

U.S. policy to win in Afghanistan must recognize the poor nation’s limitations and its neighborhood, especially its intertwined relationship with U.S....

Defenders Cory Gibbs and Clarence Goodson were dropped from the U.S. roster for a Jan. 24 exhibition game against Sweden.

Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto won’t win a record sixth ice dance title this year, withdrawing from this month’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships because of...

The ailing economy has left a big question mark hanging over the U.S. coal industry: will last year’s high-priced contracts and today’s declining costs be...

Talks aimed at setting up alternative supply routes to the Khyber Pass for U.S. and other NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan are at an advanced stage, officials said...

An American man wanted in Texas on child sex abuse charges was arrested Thursday in Thailand and could be sent to the U.S. within days, the district attorney’s...

Arab nations pressed for a U.N. Security Council vote Thursday on a newly revised resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza that also mentions Hamas by...

Another government report showing robust U.S. inventories added to a string of disheartening economic data Thursday sent crude futures lower for a second day.

Administrators for Waterford Wedgwood PLC, the collapsed maker of classic china and crystal, said Thursday they had reached a tentative agreement with U.S. private...

Wall Street’s worries about weak consumer spending revived Thursday, sending stocks lower as bad news from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. signaled that even the stronger...

The outgoing U.S. ambassador to London says talks have been held with British officials about Britain accepting some Guantanamo Bay detainees if the camp for terrorist...

A suicide bomber struck U.S. troops patrolling on foot in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least two soldiers and three civilians and wounding at least nine...

Wall Street’s worries about weak consumer spending revived Thursday, sending stocks lower as bad news from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. signaled that even the stronger...

The U.S. dollar was mostly down against other major currencies in European trading Thursday. Gold rose.

A senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday that NATO may have to find ways to help member states suffering from reduced natural gas deliveries as a result of the dispute...

Kuwait’s Commerce and Industry minister says the government of this small oil-rich state is confident it will not have to pay a penalty for withdrawing from a...

A suicide bomber struck U.S. troops patrolling on foot in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing three civilians and wounding at least nine others. The Americans...

A senior U.S. diplomat says NATO may have to help alleviate the effects of natural gas shortages in member states if the dispute between Ukraine and Russia continues to...