The Bush administration is considering the withdrawal of additional forces starting in September, as the need for troops in Afghanistan becomes more pressing.
AP - A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said.
AP - Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared Sunday that Israel and the Palestinians have never been closer to making peace — even as a widening corruption probe brings him closer than ever to being ousted from office.
AP - Many firefighters and homeowners were able to take a collective breath Sunday morning as another town appeared to have been spared from yet another wildfire in the unprecedented California fire season.
Nine U.S. troops died in a Taliban attack on a base in a remote province of eastern Afghanistan today, a Western official familiar with the situation said. An earlier statement from NATO command said allied and Afghan troops were engaged in heavy fighting at a outpost in the province of Kunar.
The Federal Reserve is expected to overhaul lending rules on Monday in an effort to prevent another mortgage crisis. With the changes, the Fed is attempting to answer critics who charge the agency could have flexed its muscles several years ago, clamping down on unscrupulous lenders during the real estate boom.
A Mideast peace deal has never been closer to fruition, Israel's prime minister said Sunday, ahead of a summit to launch the French-brokered Union for the Mediterranean.