Iraqis, having lived through years of sectarian warfare, are unlikely to revert to mass violence as they sort out their future, the top U.S. diplomat to Baghdad told The Associated Press on...

U.S. ambasssador to Iraq Ryan Crocker tells The Associated Press that significant progress has been made in the war there and it will take an enormous shift in sentiment among Iraqis to undo the...

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Sunday the United States, NATO and Afghanistan must do more to combat the Taliban and al-Qaida, and he urged stronger steps to prod Pakistan into eliminating cross-border terrorist training...

Comments by Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, in an Associated Press interview Saturday in Baghdad:

The top American commander in Iraq tells The Associated Press there are signs that al-Qaida’s senior leaders may be diverting fighters from the war in Iraq to the Afghan...

The new chief executive of IndyMac Bancorp said late Sunday new lending standards should prevent the kind of problems that have brought down credit markets.

Barack Obama is mourning the deaths of nine U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, even as he says John McCain’s numerous visits to the area don’t leave the Republican better equipped to deal with that volatile...

Barack Obama is mourning the deaths of nine U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, even as he says John McCain’s numerous visits to the area don’t leave the Republican better equipped to deal with that volatile...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expects to be accompanied on his battlefront tours of Iraq and Afghanistan by two fellow senators who are military veterans and often mentioned as potential running...

Barack Obama said Saturday there is “little doubt we’ve moved into recession,” underscoring the country’s need for a second economic stimulus package, swift steps to shore up the housing market and a long-term energy policy...