France’s military will slash its ranks by 54,000 personnel and close dozens of air, army and other bases in an overhaul meant to slim forces at home while making...

Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was told Thursday it’s not welcome in Beijing because of a political feud in Baghdad that angered the...

An Argentine court has sentenced a former army chief to life in prison for the 1977 kidnapping, torture and killing of four activists.

A female suicide bomber blew herself up near U.S.-allied Sunni Arab fighters walking in a crowded area of Baqouba, killing at least eight of the guards and wounding 24...

The publisher of a book critical of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime says the book has been banned in Egypt.

A Peruvian model and showgirl is facing a criminal investigation for posing naked sitting atop the country’s red-and-white flag.

A captured driver for Osama bin Laden did not fully cooperate with efforts to find the terrorist leader, FBI agents said Thursday, countering defense claims that he...

A Dutch woman watched her husband and three children fall to their deaths Thursday while climbing near Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak, Italian rescuers said.

Business travel appears to be the latest victim of China’s ever-tightening security crackdown before the Beijing Olympics.

Iraqi police say at least eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint manned by U.S.-allied Sunni guards northeast of Baghdad.

NATO’s secretary general said Thursday that Pakistan must be involved in international attempts to end cross-border attacks into Afghanistan, calling for a...

A Dutch man, his son and two daughters fell to their deaths Thursday while climbing near Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak, Italian rescuers said.

Insurgents attacked an Afghan military convoy Thursday in southern Afghanistan and dozens of militants were killed after the army called for assistance from the...

The International Olympic Committee has upheld a ban on Iraqi teams at the Beijing Games, saying Thursday the government missed the deadline to address accusations of...

Egyptian authorities have shut down the Cairo office of an Iranian TV network, a security official said Thursday, as the two nations spar over a film that justifies the...

Air Canada plans to partner with Continental Airlines, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, to provide enhanced service to the American market.

Russian news agencies say the Defense Ministry is denying a newspaper report that Russia was considering basing nuclear-capable bombers in Cuba.

Executions jumped by a third in Iran and quadrupled in Saudi Arabia last year, causing the total number of executions around the world to rise yet again in 2007, a...

More than 20 Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the West Bank on Thursday, smashing cars and windows and cutting electricity wires, Palestinian police...

Insurgents attacked an Afghan military convoy Thursday in southern Afghanistan and nearly three dozen militants were killed after the army called for assistance from...