British counterterrorism police arrested eight more people in connection with an investigation into suspected arson attacks ...

Air quality. Wildfire smoke creates fine particulate matter that can linger in the atmosphere and spread from coast to coast.

The Sri Lankan army launched an operation against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam in the country's north on Monday, and a deadline for the rebels to surrender passed Tuesday.

German investigators are to question a key figure in France's Elf corruption trial who has also been linked to a political financial scandal in Germany. Members of the German parliamentary inquiry ...

Former oil giant executive Alfred Sirven has made a brief court appearance in France's biggest corruption trial in years -- now adjourned until March 12. France's ...

President Donald Trump posted a photo that showed him as a Jesus-like figure. The photo caused a backlash even among some of ...

A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its ...

US House backs $288 billion military spending bill. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $288 billion defense spending bill Wednesday that boosts mi ...

Ending weeks of haggling, officials for the Bush and Gore campaigns announced Saturday that they had agreed on a variety of formats for three upcoming presidential debates. The first presidential ...

CNN.com's Election 2008 Power Play map -- from each of the maps that make up CNN.com's Election Tracker -- allows you to compare two campaign-related data sets to analyze how the strategies of the ...

Northern Alliance commanders have claimed two victories, including the capture of a town outside the strategically important city of Mazar-e Sharif. In Washington, meanwhile, U.S. officials said they ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in a rare joint interview, said Monday that the United States is committed to a regional strategy to build long-standing ...