Syria said Wednesday that it would offer aircraft to United Nations observers and called for the deployment of hundreds more monitors in addition to a team already in the nation to ensure that a cease-fire holds.

Photos of U.S. soldiers posing with bodies of suspected Afghan insurgents, published Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times, depict behavior that “absolutely violates” U.S. regulations and values, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.

Photos of U.S. soldiers posing with bodies of suspected Afghan insurgents, published Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times, depict behavior that “absolutely violates” U.S. regulations and values, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.

If the Americans followed the French presidential elections as avidly as the French stare at the poll ratings of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, they would know that “Sarko l’Américain,” Sarkozy the American, may soon have to say “good bye” to the Elys

Seven years after upsetting favorite Paris to win the right to host the 2012 Olympics, London is in the final straight of a long and often bumpy run-up to stage the sporting showpiece.