PASADENA, Calif. – The newest spacecraft orbiting Mars has taken pictures of three NASA crafts used in previous missions to the red planet — the rover Spirit that landed on the surface in 2004 and the two Viking landers that set down in 1976. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, circling the …

LONDON – The wife of an ex-KGB agent fatally poisoned in Britain and the Italian security expert he met the day he fell ill both showed traces of the same radioactive substance found in the dead man’s body, friends and officials said Friday. The inquiry into the death of Alexander …

ROME – Syria is ready to hold peace talks with Israel, but is also preparing for the possibility of a war with the Jewish state, Syrian President Bashar Assad said, according to an interview published Friday in an Italian newspaper. Assad called on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to consider …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – In Sadr City, Baghdad’s largest Shiite enclave, men, women and children spilled into the streets Saturday to celebrate Saddam Hussein‘s hanging. They sang and danced. Passing cars honked. “God will give him his punishment,” said Laila Nagi Habib, 42, a Shiite and homemaker who lives outside Sadr …

ATHENS, Greece – Muslims across Europe are confronting a rise in “Islamophobia” ranging from violent attacks to discrimination in job and housing markets, a wide-ranging European Union report indicated Monday. The study, compiled by the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia, urged European authorities to strengthen policies on integration. …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Dutch toxicologist said Monday that Slobodan Milosevic was taking antibiotics that diluted prescriptions for heart ailments and high blood pressure while he was pleading with a U.N. tribunal for permission to get treatment in Russia. Donald Uges said he found traces of rifampicin, an antituberculosis …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration issued a subdued appeal Tuesday to Afghanistan to permit a Christian convert on trial for his life to practice his faith in the predominantly Muslim country. The State Department, however, did not urge the U.S. ally in the war against terrorism to terminate the trial. …

From professional film critics to FNC on-air talent, FOX Fan asked some friends to look deep into their crystal balls and predict who will walk away with Oscar gold. Read their picks below, and e-mail us YOUR guesses (click here for a printable ballot). Lou Lumenick, chief film critic, New …

GRETNA, La. – A $500,000 bond has been set for the rap artist formerly known as C-Murder while he waits for a second trial on a second-degree murder charge stemming from a club shooting four years ago. Under an order issued Wednesday by State District Judge Martha Sassone, Corey Miller, …

TORONTO – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday he wanted to see details before passing final judgment on President Bush’s vow to solve a dispute that has cost Canadian lumber companies billions of dollars in tariffs. “I take the president at his word, but I’m anxious to see the …