German authorities are to study the possibility of introducing limited shipping to the River Rhine after a barge carrying sulfuric acid sank yesterday, closing Europe’s busiest waterway to traffic.

The top defense officials of the United States and South Korea held brief talks about North Korea as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was winding up his week-long Asia trip.

In a front-page article citing unnamed U.S. military and political officials, the New York Times reported Tuesday that the Obama administration is close to approving a major expansion of Special Operations ground raids into Pakistani regions bordering...

As friends and colleagues from four decades of diplomatic life reflected on the intensity of Richard C. Heatstroke’s dedication, many were not surprised to learn that concerns about the Afghanistan war were apparently among his final thoughts.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Crushed buildings from the January earthquake still spill out onto sidewalks here, people are collapsing from cholera at hospital doors and a wave of rioting last week reminded Haitians of political turmoil of the past.

With the war at a critical stage, Afghanistan’s president is publicly berating his NATO allies, criticizing military tactics and occasionally reminding them that they are not the only players in his country.

Every six months or so we spend time twirling in front of dressing-room mirrors searching for the perfect pair of jeans. Typically, we leave empty-handed.

George Blanda, the Hall of Fame quarterback and kickerwho played a record 26 seasons of professional football and once almost single-handedly won five consecutive games for the Oakland Raiders, has died. He was 83. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said...

President Obama’s top economic adviser, Larry Summers, is leaving the White House at the end of the year, the administration announced Tuesday. Summers will leave his post as director of the National Economic Council to return to Harvard...

A former top Russian spy who defected to the U.S. after running espionage operations from the United Nations choked to death on a piece of meat, a Florida medical examiner says. Sergei Tretyakov, 53, also had a cancerous tumor in his colon when he died...