UNITED NATIONS — The United States dropped the possibility of using force against North Korea over the regime's purported nuclear test, a concession to Russia and China in the hope of seeing a U.N. Security Council resolution on the standoff passed by Friday.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. forces in Iraq have detained more than 70 suspected terrorists, including a key associate of the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, a military spokesman said Thursday.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. forces have arrested a senior Al Qaeda terrorist and personal associate of the group's new leader, the top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said Thursday.
WASHINGTON — Heeding conservative demands to shore up the southern U.S. border to prevent illegal immigrants from freely crossing into the country, the Senate voted Wednesday to build 370 miles of triple-layered fence
MIAMI — More than 100 people were arrested and about 52 tons of cocaine seized during a three-year investigation that targeted an international Colombia-based drug cartel, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Wednesday.
MIAMI — A Taiwanese businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday to acting as a covert agent for the Chinese government and trying to buy sophisticated military parts and weapons, including an F-16 fighter jet engine and cruise missiles.
KIEV, Ukraine — Two explosions hit supermarkets in eastern Ukraine, injuring 14 people on a busy shopping day in this ex-Soviet republic, emergency and police officials said.
SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. — Explosives experts defused a homemade bomb found in the backseat of a car early Friday after the driver was stopped for speeding in this eastern Los Angeles suburb, authorities said.