World Mar 23 Security Council Deadlocked Over Response to Iran Nuclear Ambitions Foreign ministers from the world's most powerful nations are trying to end a deadlock over efforts to form a united front against threats posed by Iran's continued refusal to end its nuclear program.
Nation Mar 23 Car Bombs in Iraq Kill At Least 56 At least 56 Iraqis died Thursday in attacks, including a suicide car bombing outside a police crimes unit headquarters in Baghdad in which 25 people, including at least 10 policemen, died.
Politics Mar 22 Basque Separatist Group Declares End to Violence ETA, a Basque separatist movement that has plagued the Spanish government for nearly 40 years, declared a permanent cease-fire Wednesday, ending a bloody campaign that has killed at least 850 people.
Nation Mar 22 Iraqi Forces Ward Off Insurgent Raid on Police Station Insurgents attacked a police station near Baghdad killing three police officers and one commander after a two-hour gunbattle with Iraqi and U.S. forces that resulted in the capture of at least 50 insurgents.
Health Mar 21 Azerbaijan Reports Five Human Deaths From Bird Flu The World Health Organization confirmed seven human cases of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu in Azerbaijan. Five of the victims died, bringing the human death toll to 103 out of 184 recorded cases since late 2003.
Health Mar 20 Administration Warns Bird Flu Expected in U.S. This Year Bush administration officials Monday said the likelihood of bird flu arriving on U.S. shores this year is "increasingly likely" but that its arrival does not increase the chances of a human pandemic.
Politics Mar 20 Supreme Court Rejects Cigarette Award Case The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to review a $50 million punitive damage award that lower courts in California enforced upon cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA.
World Mar 16 Taliban Leader Promises More Attacks Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the ousted Taliban regime in Afghanistan, released a statement Thursday promising renewed attacks on coalition troops this summer.
World Mar 15 U.N. Approves Human Rights Council Against U.S. Wishes Members of the U.N. General Assembly ignored U.S. opposition and voted overwhelmingly to establish a Human Rights Council.
Nation Mar 14 Palestinians Surrender After Israeli Prison Raid Six Palestinian militants holed up inside a Palestinian prison surrendered to Israeli forces Tuesday, almost 10 hours after soldiers raided the compound to seize militants convicted of killing an Israeli Cabinet minister.