Kabul attack renews fears for foreigners

Suspected insurgents fired a rocket Saturday at a luxury hotel in Kabul that had come under attack before, injuring two people and rekindling fears that foreigners are being targeted in the Afghan capital.

A battle plan to fight corruption in Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the United States could start holding Afghanistan's government accountable for corruption by withholding money for projects.

This story revolves around a finger

A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.

Sentence request for US woman in Italy murder case

Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.

Iraqi lawmakers seek to end election crisis

Iraq's parliament is discussing ways to end a dispute over an election law after a vice president vetoed the bill, throwing national polls slated for January into question.

6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute.