In the deadliest attack, police say two car bombs exploded Monday in central Baghdad's Shorja Market

General Peter Pace declines to endorse conclusions that Iranian government is providing high-powered roadside bombs to insurgents in Iraq

Iranian President says his country tries to avoid conflict; he says peace will return to Iraq when US and other foreign forces withdraw

Robert Gates, President Musharraf discuss ending militant activity in Pakistan, Afghanistan

Office of Jerusalem's mayor says decision to review construction work was made after consultations with Muslim leaders in East Jerusalem, the Muslim half of the city that was captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War

The contest was called to find a replacement for late President Saparmurat Niyazov, who died last December

A South Korean official told reporters Monday the six-party nuclear talks were expected to enter an unexpected sixth day

Some Liberians are skeptical and remember, during the Cold War, the US sent hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to a military dictatorship, while the well-being of the population worsened

Karen Women's Organization lists 4,000 cases of rapes, tortures, murders by Burma's soldiers

researchers describe the situation as 'very bleak'