A Chinese missile destroyer Wuhan (below) escorts merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, February 17, 2009. The Chinese naval fleet completed its twenty-first mission, the largest operation of its kind so far , by escorting 10 C...
A British official said nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France collided deep under the Atlantic Ocean while on separate exercises earlier this month, but limited details are only now emerging. Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Jonathon Ban...
World markets are lower after new figures show Japan's economy is shrinking at a rate not seen for decades and more bad financial news is released in Britain. In Japan, a fourth-quarter economic contraction of 3.3 percent rattled the markets. For t...
Hillary Clinton arrives Monday in Japan, the first of four stops in Asia - her first official foreign travel as secretary of state. She will also visit South Korea, Indonesia and China to build partnerships she says will transcend geographic and poli...
The United Nations says the number of civilians killed during 2008 in Afghanistan rose 40 percent from the year before. The 2,118 civilians reported killed last year is the highest number since the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban government in...
Israel has decided not to lift its blockade on border crossings into the Gaza Strip until the militant group Hamas hands over a captive Israeli soldier. The decision to set the soldier's release as a top condition is expected to complicate prospects...
