WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday attended the funeral of an Army corporal who died last month from wounds suffered in Afghanistan, an official said. The unusual gesture,...

UNITED NATIONS, Sarah Maslin Nir - UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Security Council members on Friday pleaded for tougher action to end sexual violence in African conflicts and called for the creation of a...

WASHINGTON - Taliban insurgents are exploiting popular frustration with the Afghan government and trying to hold out until NATO-led forces leave the country, a top US general's former advisor said on...

WASHINGTON, Lucile Maladain - President Barack Obama's first pick for the US Supreme Court copped serious Republican flak, but experts warn the partisan mood in Washington could make things even...

WASHINGTON, Dan De Luce - A strategy review by the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan has been delayed and will not include a formal request for more troops, the Pentagon said on...

WASHINGTON - Several Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo for the past seven years are close to being sent to the remote Pacific archipelago of Palau in late August or early September, a lawyer said...

UNITED NATIONS- UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday pressed Myanmar's military rulers to free political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, less than a week before the expected verdict in the trial...

TEGUCIGALPA- Police fired teargas and water cannon at some 3,000 students who amassed in the Honduran capital on Wednesday to protest against the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya last June....

SEOUL- Ex-US president Bill Clinton left North Korea on Wednesday after securing the release of two jailed American journalists, state media reported, without saying whether the reporters were with...