US troops around the world
The latest Pentagon numbers on troop strength around the world, as of Sept. 30, 2012, indicate that about there are 1.4 million U.S. troops on active ...
US approves new targeted breast cancer drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind breast cancer medication that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones.
Kremlin waits for US probe in Russian boy's death
Moscow should "temper emotions" over the death of a Russian boy adopted by an American family, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said Friday after ...

Stocks rebound after big Fed-related retreat
Stocks rebounded Friday after two days of losses though investors remained wary ahead of elections in Italy that could dominate the market mood at the ...
US man fights extradition over UK poison case
A U.S. man is fighting extradition to Scotland, where he is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly poisoning a fellow college student's wine.

Panetta, NATO partner, differ on troop numbers
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his NATO counterparts are considering leaving 8,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but it was unclear ...
German: US to leave 8,000-12,000 troops in Afghan
A German official said Friday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told NATO allies that the U.S. will leave between 8,000 and 12,000 American ...
Sterz posts fastest time in WCup downhill training
Regina Sterz of Austria posted the fastest time Friday in a downhill training run, with overall World Cup leader Tina Maze of Slovenia second.

German parents want US asylum over schooling issue
A couple who fled Germany with their five children over fears they would lose custody for not sending them to school has asked a U.S. appeals court ...
Oil snaps 2 days of steep losses, gains modest
The price of oil broke two days of steep losses Friday and scrambled back to above $93 a barrel after official predictions that economic growth in ...

US college tests fingerprint purchasing technology
Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where paper currency and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina ...

More tests needed in LA hotel water tank death
More testing must be done to determine the cause of death of a 21-year-old Canadian tourist whose body was founded wedged in a water tank atop a ...

3 British men convicted in terrorist bomb plot
They were very ordinary would-be terrorists, with big plans but bad luck. On Thursday, a London jury convicted the three young British men of being ...
2 Mexican police charged with raping Italian woman
Prosecutors in Mexico say they have charged two policemen with raping an Italian woman in a Caribbean beach town where she lives. Prosecutors in the ...
EU official hopes for Canada free trade deal soon
The European Union's trade commissioner says he hopes to wrap up a trade deal with Canada soon, but the country must change its positions for that to ...

UN nuclear agency documents Iran atom advances
U.N. nuclear inspectors recently counted nearly 200 advanced machines fully or partially installed at Iran's main uranium enrichment site, the ...

NATO to consider maintaining larger Afghan force
NATO is strongly considering a proposal to continue funding a security force of 352,000 Afghan troops through 2018, as part of an effort to maintain ...

USAID chief visits Mogadishu, says US is committed
Signaling the latest step forward in rapidly strengthening U.S.-Somalia relations, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
Putin's idea to house Jewish collections rejected
A U.S.-based Jewish group Thursday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's suggestion to house disputed historical collections of books and ...

Sony shows PlayStation 4 capabilities, but no box
Sony showed off what the PlayStation 4 can do, but not what it will look like. The Japanese electronics giant talked about its upcoming game console ...
AP Source: Breedlove likely pick to lead NATO
Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, the top U.S. Air Force commander in Europe, is the likely choice to become commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, ...

NATO chief urges countries to halt defense cuts
The head of NATO urged member countries Thursday to stop cutting their defense budgets in response to tough economic times, saying continued ...