Fallujah truce extended
The shaky five-day-old truce in the Sunni insurgent bastion of Fallujah was extended for 48 hours today despite United States air strikes and heavy clashes between US forces and Iraqi guerrillas.
US forces hammer gunmen in Fallujah
US warplanes and helicopters hammered gunmen today, straining a truce in besieged Fallujah. With more troops killed, April became the deadliest month for American forces since they set foot in Iraq.
South Africans go to the polls
South Africans voted with enthusiasm in the third elections since the end of apartheid, with the African National Congress set to return to power on a mandate to fight AIDS, crime and poverty.
Wanted cleric softens tone
Iran stepped in to help end a standoff between US-led occupation forces and Muslim insurgents in Iraq today as wanted radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, a thorn in the US troops' side, considerably softened his tone.
Shroud’s new face
A second ghostly image of a man's face has been discovered on the Shroud of Turin.
More foreigners caught in Iraq chaos
Three New Zealanders are in strife in Iraq and one man's family fears he has been kidnapped.
U.N. Appeals for $115M Sudan Aid Package
The United Nations launched an appeal Monday for $115 million in humanitarian aid for the troubled Darfur region of western Sudan, where the U.N. humanitarian chief says a scorched-earth campaign of ethnic cleansing is taking place.
Eight Russians Hostage in Iraq, Chinese Freed
Eight Russian civilians were the latest foreigners kidnapped in Iraq and three Japanese were still missing on Tuesday, but China's official Xinhua news agency said seven Chinese had been freed.
U.S. Troops Arrest Al-Sadr Representative
U.S. troops arrested a representative of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in a hotel in central Baghdad on Tuesday.
US general requests more combat brigades
A top US military commander has requested the equivalent of two mobile combat brigades to help the campaign to put down Iraqi insurgents.