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A fan holds a picture of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh during the 20th Gulf Cup in Abyan on Sunday. Washington -- In public, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has consistently played down any U.S. military role in air strikes against al Qaeda targets in Yemen, but one of the secret...

WikiLeaks document: Saudi King Abdullah told an Iranian official: "You as Persians have no business meddling in Arab matters. U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by the website WikiLeaks and published by newspapers in the United States and Europe on Sunday reveal considerable anxiety among the...

Baghdad, Iraq -- U.S. troops shot and killed an Iraqi man at Baghdad International Airport on Sunday morning, a U.S. military spokesman said. A military convoy attempted to stop the man, who they spotted driving a vehicle at high speed on an airport road, Col. Barry Johnson said. "The vehicle...

When the president decided to send more troops to a distant country during an unpopular war, one powerful senator had enough. Some scholars say U.S. is on an unsustainable path to "permanent war." Critics says U.S. troops, such as this patrol in Afghanistan, cannot afford to keep fighting...

The guided missile frigate Nicholas was attacked in March off the African coast. Five Somali men face life in prison after a federal jury in Virginia convicted them of piracy Wednesday, the first such verdict in a U.S. court in nearly two centuries. Mohammed Modin Hasan, Gabul Abdullahi Ali...

The USS Oscar Austin provided assistance to the civilian Iranian sailors. A U.S. Navy destroyer helped two Iranian civilian sailors found Thursday floating in a life raft in the Persian Gulf. A merchant vessel spotted the raft and launched a flare, the U.S. Fifth Fleet said in a statement...

By BASIL KATZ, Reuters NEW YORK - The first suspect transferred from Guantanamo military prison to face a U.S. civilian trial was found not guilty on all but one charge in the 1998 African embassy bombings Wednesday in a setback to President Barack Obama's plans for trying terrorism suspects...

Alleged international arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as "The Merchant of Death," is flown to the U.S. from Thailand to face terrorism charges, Thai police say. Bangkok, Thailand -- An accused international arms dealer known as "The Merchant of Death" was extradited to the United States on...

Pain management help for U.S. soldiers DAYTON, Ohio, -- In time for Veterans Day, a U.S. health group announced many who served in the military will again have the cost of some pain treatments covered. Members of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians -- a physicians group...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/11/seyah.karachi.explosion.cnn Islamabad, Pakistan -- At least 15 people died and more than 100 were injured in a suicide car bomb attack on a police facility in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police said Thursday. Pakistani Taliban spokesman Azam...

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) headquarters outside Moscow as seen on June 29. Washington -- A colonel in Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, identified as "Colonel Shcherbakov," gave the United States information on a Russian spy ring in the United States that was broken...

G-20 leaders agree to refrain from competitive currency devaluations among efforts to limit economic volatility as U.S. President hails a "hard-won consensus." G-20 leaders gather for group photo http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/11/12/g20.obama.presser.cnn Seoul, South Korea -- The...

As the G-20 meeting wraps up, many leaders will take a short flight from Seoul, Korea, to Yokohama, Japan, for a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders. They are also taking a flight into the feared future of the developed world. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/07/lah.kan.cnn As the G-20...

The Obama administration is expected to deploy more Predator drones in Yemen to hunt for and possible strike against, al Qaeda in the country, U.S. officials said. Air attacks against operatives of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have stopped over the past several months, because the...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/business/2010/11/11/intv.economy.g20.obama.cnn Free trade needs to grow even freer, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday as he and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held a joint news conference in Seoul. Obama spoke of weeks, rather than months, till a new...

NEW YORK -- Changes in the global pecking order are coming. As western nations face stunted economic growth and years of painful budget-slashing ahead, developing nations like China, Brazil, India and Russia are slowly moving up on the world stage. The United States is struggling to hit 2.7%...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/05/starr.afghanistan.firefight.cnn 60 U.S. troops resisted an attack from dozens of insurgents in eastern Afghanistan.

With the Tuesday night shooting deaths of two students from the University of Texas in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, six U.S. citizens have been killed in the volatile region this week, according to the U.S. consul general. "We offer our deepest condolences to the families of victims. These incidences...

A U.S. military commission sentenced Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr on Sunday to 40 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the murder of an American soldier, but Khadr will serve just eight years as part of his plea agreement. Khadr, a 24-year-old Canadian citizen, is the youngest detainee...

Authorities have charged a 21-year-old Hawaii man with "making false statements in a matter involving international terrorism," the U.S. Justice Department said. The charge centers around a one-way ticket that authorities allege Abdel Hameed Shehadeh purchased from Queens, New York, to...