LONDON- A British soldier died Saturday of wounds sustained in operations in Afghanistan, bringing to 200 the number of British troops to die since the 2001 US-led invasion, the Ministry of Defence...

NEW DELHI, Pratap Chakravarty - India celebrated Saturday the anniversary of its independence from British rule with a vow to eradicate terrorism from its soil in the wake of last year's "horrific"...

LONDON- US President Barack Obama's stepmother staunchly defended Britain's state-funded health care system Saturday as it comes under fire in an acrimonious row about health reform across the...

BELGRADE, Stephen Collinson - US President Barack Obama on Friday blamed headline-hungry television networks for enflaming an ugly backlash by foes of his top priority effort to offer health care to...

GAZA CITY, Mai Yaghi - Hamas police stormed a mosque in Gaza on Friday where radicals had declared an Islamist "emirate," sparking clashes that left 13 people dead and injured at least 100,...

OTTAWA - Omar Khadr, a Canadian held at Guantanamo who was just 15 years old when he was captured in 2002 for allegedly killing a US soldier, has become an emblem of alleged "war on terror" rights...

ANTANANARIVO - Madagascar's Andry Rajoelina, who rose to power in a March coup, on Friday claimed undisputed leadership of the multilateral transition process agreed to in Maputo earlier this month....

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to ensure human rights were respected in comments Thursday on the eve of their summit on the Black Sea. "I want...

WASHINGTON, Dan De Luce - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday left open the possibility of sending more US troops to Afghanistan but warned of stretched military resources and the risk of a...