North Korea threatens South over naval clash
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea threatened Thursday to punish South Korea after their first naval skirmish in seven years, as Seoul expressed confidence it could deter any attack from its communist neighbor. The two Koreas clashed in waters off t...See Story

 

Some Gitmo detainees may come to US jails
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon's top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a prison in the United States despite strong congressional c...See Story

 

Clinton supports Philippine antiterrorism fight
MANILA, Philippines – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday vowed support for the Philippine fight against al-Qaida-linked militants and highlighted the U.S. military's role in helping the country recover from deadly typhoons. ...See Story

 

Analysis: Iran plant could defer Israel strike
JERUSALEM – It may seem counterintuitive, but the news that Iran has a second, clandestine uranium enrichment plant, and has just test-fired long-range missiles, could actually put off any plans for a quick Israeli strike. To be sure, Israel still...See Story

 

Man in India jailed for caring for orphaned bear
NEW DELHI - It was supposed to be a heartwarming tale of a man who brought an orphaned bear cub home from the forests of India to console his 6-year-old daughter, who had just lost her mother. But when wildlife officials saw the story in the loca...See Story

 

Divers find bodies in ferry that capsized in storm
SAN FERNANDO, Philippines - A coast guard diver searching for survivors Tuesday inside a ferry that capsized in a typhoon found bodies and a bit of comfort — a plastic rosary floating in the water. Lt. Cmdr. Inocencio Rosario slipped on the strin...See Story

 

Officials: 15 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - Coalition warplanes swooped down on militants withdrawing from a firefight with police into the mountains of eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 15 of them, officials said. Ismatullah Alizai, the police chief of Paktia pr...See Story

 

Court says detainees have rights, bucking Bush
WASHINGTON - In a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terror policies, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge th...See Story