WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday the Pentagon is developing plans to get troops quickly out of Iraq and into Afghanistan to battle a more confident and successful Taliban....

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. panel says the Sudanese government and rebel groups in Darfur have flagrantly violated a U.N. arms embargo and have chosen a military solution to the conflict over peace...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eric Holder, formerly second in charge at the Justice Department, is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to become attorney general, an Obama official and people close to...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Veterinarians carried out a rare blood transfusion in an attempt to save a 7-month-old wild tiger that had been attacked and beaten by angry villagers in central India. The female...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S.-Iraqi security pact now before parliament calls for U.S. forces to leave Iraq's cities by June 30 in recognition of an improved security climate, but the deadline poses a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prospects dimmed on Monday for the $25 billion bailout that U.S. automakers say they desperately need to get through a bleak and dangerous December. Though all sides agree that...

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi government spokesman says the Cabinet has approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N....

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal says a recent survey shows residents are leaving Louisiana and it would be a mistake for state officials to blame Hurricane Katrina or any other storm for the migration....

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinian militants as they fired mortars from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian officials said, just hours after another group...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama is forming a White House leadership team that combines experienced Washington insiders who can help build a bridge with Congress and trusted associates...

(AP) — Interested in checking out how state government's spending your tax dollars? Louisiana launched an online database Wednesday that provides information on state spending from consulting contracts...

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba on Wednesday presented a new book by Fidel Castro, who has not appeared in public since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006 but who authorities claim spent more...