L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) âÄî Help started to arrive Thursday for the more than 2,000 cats and dogs believed to have been left homeless by the earthquake in Italy. The national animal protection agency,...

BAGHDAD (AP) âÄî Business, not bombs, is booming at Baghdad car dealerships, as well-heeled Iraqis are indulging in a passion long out of reach âÄî spiffy, new cars. BMWs, Nissans, Hyundais...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) âÄî Somali pirates and their hostage American sea captain were adrift in a lifeboat Thursday off the Horn of Africa, shadowed by a U.S. destroyer with more warships on the way...

ISLAMABAD (AP) âÄî A suspected U.S. missile struck a car in a lawless northwest Pakistani tribal region Wednesday, intelligence officials said, killing two insurgents and a civilian a day after...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) âÄî Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied Wednesday in Pyongyang to support Kim Jong Il as he embarks on his third term as leader and to celebrate a rocket launch that...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) âÄî An American journalist jailed for more than two months in Iran has been charged with spying for the U.S., a judge said Wednesday, dashing hopes of a quick release days after...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) âÄî Voting began in Parliamentary elections Thursday that could determine if Indonesia's president will have enough support to stay in office and push through aggressive...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) âÄî In a riveting high-seas drama, an unarmed American crew wrested control of their U.S.-flagged cargo ship from Somali pirates Wednesday and sent them fleeing to a lifeboat...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) âÄî For young Somalis, piracy offers a life of adventure and money: At sea, they are armed with automatic weapons, rockets and grenades. On land, they are a cross between a...

BEIJING (AP) âÄî China announced plans Wednesday to build thousands of new hospitals and put a clinic in every village in the next three years, the first steps in a decade-long reform plan to provide...