By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 49 minutes ago
A bomb struck a district council building Tuesday in Baghdad’s Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, killing at least nine people, including four Americans — two soldiers and two government employees, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
U.S. troops captured a suspect who tested positive for explosive residue [...]
NEW YORK — The Queens mother of a soldier who disappeared in Iraq more than a year ago believes her son is still alive.
Maria del Rosario-Duran said she maintains “faith and hope” that her boy will return home.
Sgt. Alex Jimenez of Lawrence, Mass., disappeared along with privates Byron Fouty and Joseph Anzack on May 12, [...]
KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan - Canadian soldiers joined allied and Afghan national security forces in a sweeping door-to-door urban hunt for hundreds of escaped prisoners Friday after the Taliban staged a daring mass breakout at Kandahar City’s Sarposa Prison.
A suicide bomber drove to the prison’s main entrance and detonated his vehicle Friday around 9:30 p.m. local [...]
