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

It’s being said that oil resources are the route cause of the conflict. For the Russian government, petroleum is a tool that can be used to launch the country as...

Oil prices rose Thursday above $116 a barrel as investors considered a fall in U.S. gasoline inventories and a possible output tightening by OPEC at its next meeting in...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Iraqi leaders Thursday to agree quickly to a U.S.-Iraq security deal that outlines the withdrawal of American troops.

John McCain stood atop an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and proclaimed that he had the key to solving America’s energy woes, slashing the price of gas,...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad on Thursday for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials, hoping to iron out...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Baghdad for discussions with Iraqi leaders.

Nintendo’s hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.

The U.S. women’s volleyball team has advanced to the gold medal game, defeating Cuba in three sets to guarantee the Americans their best Olympic finish since...

Iraqi and American negotiators have completed a draft agreement that extends the legal basis for U.S. troops to remain in Iraq beyond the end of this year, while...

Oil prices rose Thursday in Asia above $116 a barrel as investors mulled a fall in U.S. gasoline inventories and a possible output tightening by OPEC at its next...

As of Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, at least 4,145 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press...

The American flag landed on the scorer’s table, launched by a family member with exceptional aim. Henry Cejudo grabbed it from his coach and draped it around his...

The U.S. cruise missile strike on an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan in 1998 was meant to kill Osama bin Laden. But he apparently left shortly before the missiles...

Don’t doubt this U.S. men’s basketball team _ and sure don’t challenge them, either. Especially if it’s going to make Kobe Bryant flash his NBA...

The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia _ a move followed swiftly by a new warning from...

I couldn’t agree with them more. I just wish John McCain did. Not the John McCain who wrote them in 2004; the John McCain running for president in 2008....

A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq.

A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq.

A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq.