BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni-led insurgents killed six Iraqi police at a checkpoint Friday and fired a mortar round that struck a home outside the capital, killing a child, as Shiites began celebrating a major Muslim holiday. Al-Qaida in Iraq threatened more attacks on diplomats here.

Also Friday, the U.S. military said it had killed five senior al-Qaida in Iraq figures during an airstrike last ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni-led insurgents killed six Iraqi police at a checkpoint Friday and fired a mortar round that struck a home outside the capital, killing a child, as Shiites began celebrating a major Muslim holiday. Al-Qaida in Iraq threatened more attacks on diplomats here.

Also Friday, the U.S. military said it had killed five senior al-Qaida in Iraq figures during an airstrike last...

But his call for a new inquiry will almost certainly fuel far-right activists who have long called for another investigation.

Amir fired the three shots that killed Rabin on Nov. 4, 1995 after the Nobel Peace Prize laureate attended a peace rally in Tel Aviv. Amir was sentenced to life in prison and has become an icon for some hardline Israelis who oppose the establishment of a Palestinia...

Holly Holloway was waiting with the crowd Sunday morning. She didn't know exactly when the flight would land at Volk Field at Camp Douglas, only that it would bring her son, Travis, back to her.

Mobilized in June 2004 and deployed to the Mideast in November 2004, the members of Arcadia-based Company C of the 128th Infantry's 1st Battalion served almost a full year in central Ir...

Friday's worst attack by insurgents occurred at an Iraqi police checkpoint in Buhriz, 35 miles north of Baghdad.

The insurgents fired mortar rounds, then arrived in eight cars and opened fire, a police officer said. At least six policemen were killed and 10 wounded in the ensuing gunbattle, and it was not immediately known if any militants were hurt, the officer said, speaking on conditi...

Maysan is worth our attention for another reason: for the past two-plus years it has been the site of a low-intensity, low-visibility war that may be a better measure of the fate of the occupation than higher profile battles in cities like Fallujah and Tal Afar.

It has been the subject of some excellent but little noted investigative journalism, notably a magnificent recent report by Pame...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A three-day holiday began for Sunni Arabs in Iraq on Thursday, ending a month of fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, and unusual signs of celebration emerged in war-torn cities.

In Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, children appeared on the streets in new clothes, and the amusement park was crowded with families for the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

BARABOO - After the shock of losing their home of 28 years, Philip and Marilyn Urben are rebuilding, grateful for the help of emergency service workers, their church community and many friends they didn't even know they had.

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 13, the Urbens lost their home on Old Lake Road to a blaze sparked by a charcoal grill. This week the frame of a new...

Chicago: Nearly three in five school-age teens with Internet access have created online content, including Web pages with artwork, photos and stories - and about a fifth have their own blogs, which also allow friends and other readers to create...

Chicago: Nearly three in five school-age teens with Internet access have created online content, including Web pages with artwork, photos and s...

Despite three straight losses, including one to the previously winless Houston Texans, Crennel prefers to have Dilfer run the offense rather than turn it over to rookie Charlie Frye.

"The team is making slow progress," the Browns coach said Wednesday. "We did some things better in Texas. Not good enough, grant you, but better."

Rookie Braylon Edwards also expressed his support for D...