KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - There's a new general in town. The next commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan has hit the ground in Kandahar and says he believes the mission will take on a different ...

CALCUTTA, India - Indian Defence Ministry says it has successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile that can hit targets from Beijing to Baghdad. It was the third test of the Agni III missile. ...

GENEVA - Travel and visa obstacles on Tuesday hampered aid deliveries to the hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar now believed to be homeless after the devastating cyclone, officials said. Bu...

BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's government says it has extradited a paramilitary warlord to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. In a statement, President Alvaro Uribe's office says Ca...

WASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner Barack Obama easily captured North Carolina on Tuesday and narrowly lost to Hillary Clinton in Indiana, rebounding with a fresh burst after his roughest few weeks ...

WASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner Barack Obama easily captured North Carolina and was running just behind Hillary Clinton in Indiana, rebounding with a fresh burst of energy after his roughest few ...

TOKYO - The leaders of Japan and China say they will work toward resolving a sometimes bitter dispute over maritime gas deposits. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda are hol...

ROSEVILLE, Minn. - Paul and Sue Rosenau say they already have everything they need, so their lives won't change that much after winning a $180.1 million Powerball jackpot. "We realize that money is...

ST. LOUIS - Remembering a forecast of rain, Wesley Falker decided to dump his grass clippings in a yard waste bin rather than leave them until morning. Falker now thinks a higher power was making s...

NEW YORK - A gang of police impersonators abducted and tortured cocaine traffickers, forcing them to hand over multimillion-dollar stashes by holding their families hostage or threatening to squeeze t...