British panel investigating Iraq war begins public hearings

LONDON -- Six years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a panel probing Britain's role in the war began public hearings Tuesday, with the chairman declaring that he would "get to the heart" of what had happened.

In Afghanistan speech, Obama will outline both escalation and exit

When he talks to the nation next week about his Afghanistan strategy, President Obama will face the central challenge of explaining why he is escalating an eight-year-old war that is increasingly unpopular with the American public, while he also outlines plans for ending it.

Bombings in Iraq leave at least 10 dead

BAGHDAD -- At least 10 people were reported killed Wednesday in Iraq, including four who perished in twin bombings near a revered Shiite shrine in Karbala.

Obama hails Manmohan Singh, hails India's regional role

President Obama on Tuesday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is in Washington for the first state visit under the Obama administration, and moved to calm India's concerns that the United States is neglecting the Asian power as it seeks closer ties with China and Pakistan, India's...

Hezbollah official indicted on weapons charge

A Hezbollah political official and his son-in-law sought this year to smuggle 1,200 machine guns from the United States to the militant Islamist group via Syria, according to indictments made public Tuesday against 10 men in federal court in Philadelphia.

Japan says it will soon release details of nuclear pact with U.S.

TOKYO -- Japan's new government, already bickering with the United States about the location of a Marine air station on Okinawa , appears intent on revealing evidence of a decades-old secret pact between Tokyo and Washington that allowed U.S. ships and aircraft to carry nuclear weapons on stopovers...