A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether four men seeking to challenge their detention as terror suspects at a U.S. base in Afghanistan were likely to take to the battlefield if released.
Dozens of Palestinians were reported dead after an Israeli strike on a Gaza school where they sought refuge. Israel, meanwhile, reported being hit by 35 more rockets fired from Gaza.
Many U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan feel they are better off extending their tours rather than returning home to face job uncertainty.
Palestinian medical officials say the death toll from an Israeli air strike outside a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip has risen to 30.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani called the new U.S. Embassy a symbol of a close and growing relationship between Washington and Baghdad.
The people of a Gaza town and an Israeli town see the results of fighting in different ways.
Israel rebuffed international calls for a Gaza cease-fire as civilian casualties continued to rise.
Indian officials gave Pakistan a dossier full of connections of Pakistanis to the Mumbai terrorist attack.
Three men charged with involvement in a deadly synagogue bombing in Tunisia went on trial Monday in Paris in a case expected to highlight the reach and complexity of al Qaeda-linked networks in North Africa.
More nations must take in Guantánamo inmates once the U.S.-run prison closes, the U.N.'s torture investigator said Monday, insisting that many were held simply because they were ``in the wrong place at the wrong time.''
Israel's ground offensive bisected the Gaza Strip, brought heavy fighting and deepened the humanitarian crisis.
A female suicide bomber somehow managed to avoid a search and detonated a bomb that killed as many as 40 people at a holy site.
People from both sides of the conflict in the Middle East protested in Miami, one of many demonstrations around the world. Police made 12 arrests.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the U.S. has not asked Britain to accept Guantánamo Bay detainees if the camp for terrorist suspects is closed.
Taliban fighters in Afghanistan are changing tactics in their assaults on U.S.-led coalition forces, relying more on long-range snipers and bombings.
After a week of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza strip, Israel, Arab and U.S. officials are discussing how to create an international force that would safeguard an eventual cease-fire, diplomats said Friday.
Britain's former chief legal advisor warned Friday that the U.K. should be prepared to take in Guantánamo Bay detainees if it helps the United States shut the prison camp down.
Australia will likely reject a U.S. request to accept detainees freed from the prison camps at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the acting prime minister said Friday.
The United States transferred control of the Green Zone and the former palace of Saddam Hussein to Iraq.
As diplomatic efforts stalled, Israel launched a deadly airstrike against a Hamas military strategist and appeared closer to a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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