MOSCOW, Aug. 29 -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he had reason to think U.S. personnel were in the combat zone during the recent war in Georgia, adding that if confirmed, their presence suggested "someone in the United States" provoked the conflict to help one of the...

DZEVERA, Georgia, Aug. 28 -- When Kako Kechkhvashvili and his wife packed their things and fled this farming village on Aug. 12, they planned to return when the Russian soldiers and their tanks withdrew.

Government amends bankruptcy, antitrust rules to keep money-losing flag carrier in Italian hands

Hundreds of passengers were left stranded in Canada and Britain when Zoom Airlines, a cash-strapped small Canadian carrier, shut down after creditors grounded its leased planes.

Nepal deserves credit for the "remarkable" success of its peace process since its civil war ended tw...

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Thousands of people, most of them Christians, have sought shelter in makeshift government shelters in eastern India, driven from their homes by religious violence which has killed at least 11 people this week.

KOHAT, Pakistan - A suicide bomber tried to force his vehicle into a Pakistani military camp in the northwest on Friday but was blown up when soldiers opened fire on him, a day after dozens of people were killed in violence across the region

Iraq's government is engaged in a bloody struggle against al-Qaeda, and its computers make a prime target for global terror networks ...

Panic is regarded as a waste of energy in the heat

THE death toll from Tropical Storm Gustav has reached 59 as areas hit by Hurricane Katrina three years ago prepare for its arrival.