WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is training secular Syrian fighters in Jordan in a bid to bolster forces battling President Bashar Assad's regime and stem the influence of Islamist radicals among the ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unpredictable North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and missile programs, stands as a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations, the director of National Intelligence warned ... Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say they are aware of a website that has posted what it claims are credit reports and other identifying information on celebrities and government officials. Los Angeles police and ... Read more
BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide attacker drove his explosives-laden car on Monday into a police station in northern Iraq, killing five people, while attacks elsewhere in the country killed seven other Iraqis, including ... Read more
BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide attacker drove his explosives-laden car on Monday into a police station in northern Iraq, killing five people, while attacks elsewhere in the country killed six more Iraqis, officials ... Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Militants staged two deadly suicide attacks Saturday to mark the first full day of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit to Afghanistan, a fresh reminder that insurgents continue ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a "very significant victory" in the ongoing fight ... Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home and stocked up on food and water Tuesday after the government announced the death of President Hugo Chavez, the ... Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's vice president called in the nation's top leaders Tuesday hours after ailing President Hugo Chavez apparently took a turn for the worse, and announced on national television ... Read more
BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 42 Syrian soldiers were killed in a well-coordinated ambush Monday after seeking refuge across the border in Iraq following clashes with rebels in their home country, officials said. The ... Read more