After a wrenching national debate, the Israeli cabinet voted to trade a Lebanese murderer for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers.

American accommodation to Pakistan’s government and a shift away from counterterrorism efforts to preparations for the war in Iraq helped make Pakistan a haven for Al Qaeda.

Anglican conservatives declared that they would defy the church’s historic lines of authority and create a new power bloc within the church.

The Canadian who was detained by U.S. officials and sent to Syria, where he claims he was tortured, was never technically inside the country, so his claims could not be heard in U.S. courts.

North Korea agreed to give international aid workers unprecedented access to its hunger-stricken territory.

In Qingdao volunteers are fighting an algal bloom choking the coastline and threatening to impede the sailing event.

After a wrenching national debate, the Israeli cabinet voted to trade a Lebanese murderer for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers.

In Qingdao, China, volunteers are fighting an algal bloom choking the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition.

Robert Mugabe arrived in Egypt after a runoff vote in Zimbabwe that world leaders called illegitimate.

An American freighter carrying humanitarian aid docked in North Korea, as the regime agreed to give international aid workers unprecedented access to its isolated, hunger-stricken territory.