Ray Odierno will be the fifth four-star Army general to lead U.S. forces in Iraq since the war began in 2003.

The British and Irish governments received an expert report Monday on the recent activities of Irish Republican Army commanders, an issue overshadowing efforts to sustain a power-sharing government in Northern...

Al-Qaida confirmed Sunday the death of a top commander accused of training the suicide bombers who killed 17 American sailors on the USS Cole eight years ago.

Al-Qaida confirmed in a Web statement Sunday the death of a senior commander known as a top explosives and poisons expert, who is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan last...

Al-Qaida has posted a statement on the Internet saying four of its Afghanistan commanders have been killed, including an explosives expert wanted by the U.S.

President Bush is promoting his top Iraq commander, Army Gen. David Petraeus, and replacing him with the general’s recent deputy, keeping the U.S. on its war course and handing the next president a pair of combat-tested commanders who have...

CENTCOM CHIEF: President Bush will nominate his top Iraq commander, Army Gen. David Petraeus, to replace Navy Adm. William J. Fallon as chief of U.S. Central Command. Fallon resigned last month.IRAQ COMMANDER: Defense Secretary Robert Gates said...

Some reactions to the expected nomination of Gen. David Petraeus as the next commander of the U.S. Central Command and Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno to replace Petraeus in Baghdad.___”The next Centcom commander and field commander in Iraq will have to...