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BAGHDAD — Two insurgent bomb blasts struck Thursday at pro-American Iraqi targets in Anbar Province just west of Baghdad and in the northern city of Mosul. The police said more than 30 Iraqis were killed and 80 wounded.
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KHYBER AGENCY, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells Saturday as the government launched an offensive against Taliban fighters threatening the main city in the country’s volatile northwest,...
MALCOLM GLADWELL’S forthcoming examination of how mega-success is achieved will not be out until November, but judging by the buzz already surrounding it, “Outliers: Why Some People Succeed and Some Don’t” promises to be this winter’s “it”...
With summer barely under way, it may seem too early for travelers to start thinking about Labor Day. But that is when significant cuts in the airlines’ fleets and schedules will begin taking effect, making for a particularly jarring end to summer.
Verizon Communications ( NYSE: VZ) wants to take full control of Verizon Wireless and buy out the 45 percent stake Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD) owns in the network operator. Verizon chief executive Ivan Seidenberg told the Financial Times in an interview,...
Microsoft experienced a ritual yesterday that is common to offices across America: a valued employee’s last day. Co-workers paused to gather around their departing colleague, speeches were made and perhaps some cake was consumed.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents helped investigate the kidnapping last week of a Mexican citizen who is related to the chairman of the powerful House intelligence committee, Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tex.), officials confirmed yesterday.
Floodwaters surging down the Mississippi River broke through an earthen levee near the eastern Missouri town of Winfield yesterday, overwhelming a massive sandbagging effort and forcing die-hard residents to evacuate their homes.
The Justice Department agreed yesterday to pay biological-weapons expert Steven J. Hatfill a settlement valued at $5.85 million to drop a lawsuit he filed after then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft named him a “person of interest” in the...
NEW DELHI — The bicycle rickshaws that weave through New Delhi’s narrow lanes have long been scorned by authorities here for congesting the city’s already fierce traffic. The creaking carriages crawl alongside luxury sedans, book...
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