SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday.Firing a ballistic missile on Independence Day ... full story
NAWA, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.One Marine was killed and sev ... full story
Iran reports more protest arrestsIran on Thursday announced more arrests in the post-election turmoil, detaining seven alleged provocateurs of violence it says were linked to Iranian exiles. The move underlines authorities' drive to portray protests ... full story
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Jose Miguel Insulza, the head of the Organization of American States, said Thursday that he was heading to Honduras to demand the return of President Manuel Zelaya, who was toppled at gunpointInsulza said the mission was like ... full story
VIENNA -- New waves of acrimony between Iran and world powers over the Islamic Republic's disputed presidential vote are dimming what were already modest prospects for meaningful negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program.President Barack Oba ... full story
MORONI, Comoros -- Despite a fractured collarbone, a teenage girl clung to the wreckage of a plane for more than 13 hours before rescuers found her floating in the Indian Ocean, authorities said. The only known survivor of the crash, she was being fl ... full story
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Thousands of Hondurans demonstrated Wednesday for the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who vowed to fly home this weekend despite a warrant for his arrest. Thousands more rallied in favor of the military-backed gover ... full story
BAGHDAD-- Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad's background track.Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning ch ... full story
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' ousted president won overwhelming international support Tuesday as he planned a high-profile return to his chaotic country. The politicians who sent soldiers to shoot up his residence and fly him into exile in his p ... full story
MIR ALI, Pakistan -- Taliban militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan say they have pulled out of a peace deal with the government, raising the prospect of wider unrest as the Pakistani army extends its efforts to eliminate insurgents.The m ... full story
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Signals from the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 are fading, weakening along with hopes of resolving what experts are calling one of history's most challenging plane crash investigations.Emergency beacons attached to cockpit vo ... full story
MINSK, Belarus -- An ailing American lawyer who was imprisoned in Belarus last year on charges of using fake documents and attempted industrial espionage walked free Tuesday night after a presidential pardon.Emanuel Zeltser, a 55-year-old diabetic, w ... full story
PARIS -- France's transport minister says one of the black boxes of the Yemeni jetliner that crashed in the Indian Ocean has been found.Dominique Bussereau told reporters after a government meeting in Paris on Wednesday that "we have found a black bo ... full story
Supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad celebrated Tuesday after Iran's highest electoral authority proclaimed the validity of its disputed election, paving the way for the incumbent to begin a second term despite claims of fraud.Pro-Ahmadinejad ... full story
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country.A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ... full story
VIAREGGIO, Italy -- A freight train derailed and plowed into houses in a small Italian town, setting off an explosion and fire that killed at least 12 people -- many as they slept in their homes -- and injured at least 50, officials said Tuesday.The ... full story
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras' national palace Monday as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez demanded the return of a president ousted in a military coup.Leftist leaders ... full story
ROME -- A freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town and two cars filled with liquefied natural gas exploded, setting off an inferno that killed at least six people and injured more than 30, officials said Tuesday.The cars plowed in ... full story
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- She is a 43-year-old, divorced mother of two teenage boys who wants to believe she can still experience true love.She is an intensely private woman who was not afraid to fight back when that privacy was breached.She was edu ... full story
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A radical Islamic group in Somalia has threatened to seize weapons and ammunition the U.S. has supplied to the nation's embattled government.But Uganda, a key U.S. ally in the region, praised the arms shipment.Both were respondi ... full story
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards working for U.S. coalition forces of killing a provincial police chief and at least four other security officers during a gunbattle outside a government office Monday.In a harshly ... full story
SAN'A, Yemen -- A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday, a Yemen airport official said.The official said the plane was going from the Yemen capita ... full story
EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official st ... full story
ROME -- A rail car filled with liquefied natural gas exploded when a freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town, setting off an inferno that killed at least 10 people and injured 50 others, officials said Tuesday.The rear of the tra ... full story
BAGHDAD -- Death squads roamed the streets, slaughtering members of the rival Muslim sect. Bombs rocked Baghdad daily -- until thousands of U.S. troops poured in two years ago, establishing neighborhood bases and taking control of the Iraqi capital a ... full story
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