Too often, Americans mistakenly trace a direct line of causation between President Ronald Reagan's leadership and the fall of the Berlin Wall. If you count yourself among those whom subscribe to this historical revisionism, don't feel bad.

Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize planets where life could exist.

Conventional wisdom suggests that the terrorist strike by Jundallah in southeastern Iran on Sunday might have had the backing of the United States or Britain. But Jundallah today holds "fatal" attraction for a number of foreign powers that are interested

Today, Iran denied that its officials met with Israeli official last month in Cairo to discuss the possibility of a nuclear-free Middle-East. An official with the Israeli Atomic Energy Comm. said that the talks took place, and Egyptian officials confirm.

Deal would reduce Iran's ability to make a nuke and buy time for talks

- A huge emergency effort is under way in the Samoan Islands after towering tsunami waves triggered by an 8.0 earthquake left dozens dead and entire villages flattened or submerged.

Obama's national security team launches a series of closed-door meetings on Tuesday to reassess U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Obama first wants to determine the proper way forward for U.S. forces in Afghanistan ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy accused Iran's leader of "blackmail" Wednesday for suggesting a prisoner exchange might allow a young French academic to return home after she was arrested in Iranian postelection protests.

Militants ambushed a convoy of prominent anti-Taliban tribal elders in volatile northwest Pakistan on Thursday, spraying their cars with gunfire, killing nine people and wounding six others.

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