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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the new push in the Middle East will not include talks with Hamas. Rice defends the Bush administration's decision to re-engage in the Middle East peace process, its support of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, its fight against al-Qaida and its strategy in Iraq.

A suicide bomber kills more than a dozen people near an outdoor stage where Pakistan's suspended chief justice was to make a speech. The bombing stokes fears of a wider conflict with Islamist militants after the crisis at Islamabad's Red Mosque.

45 miles east of San Diego, the potential roar of gunfire, noisy helicopters and traffic jams has jolted awake the tiny, rural town of Potrero. That's where Blackwater USA - a private military contrac

In Libya, the death sentence has been commuted to life in prison for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV. Families of the children each received $1 million in compensation.

Senate Democrats are using debate on the annual defense policy bill to push for changes to U.S. policy 0n Iraq. Here, an overview of amendments to watch.

Assembly Bill 684, the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, makes its way through the California Legislature, but not everyone is happy about it. Some drug enforcement officials claim that their il

The intelligence estimate says the terror network will bolster its operations in the U.S. It has also rebuilt its senior leadership and restored its safe havens in Pakistan.

Marwan Barghouti's name evokes strong reactions on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since the Islamist group Hamas forcibly took control of the Gaza Strip in June, there are new calls in Israel and the Palestinian territories to release the 48-year-old jailed Fatah leader.

The Salk Institute's expansion plans are drawing local and international opposition. The institute states the Master Plan Update keeps with the vision of Kahn and its founder, Dr. Jonas Salk, and will

In the wake of recent violence in Gaza, President Bush on Monday promised more aid to the Palestinian Authority and proposed a new summit for the Middle East this fall to help restart peace talks. The gathering will include Israel, the Palestinian Authority and some of their Arab neighbors.