RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – In a swift and telling victory, Saudi anti-terror forces killed Al Qaeda’s top leader in the key U.S. ally in a gunbattle Sunday, but experts warn the kingdom still faces a surge in attacks despite its two-year crackdown on militants. The 90-minute battle in the eastern …

DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. (F), bowing to pressure from General Motors Corp. (GM), said Tuesday that it was matching its larger, cross-town rival’s “employee discount” program. Under the program, which takes effect Wednesday and will be called the “Ford Family Plan,” Ford will shave thousands of dollars off the …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Eleven U.S. soldiers have been charged with assaulting detainees in Iraq (search), the military said Saturday, while three British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in a rare attack in the relatively stable southern part of the country. Also Saturday, homicide attackers killed at least nine …

WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Friday proposed an $11.4 billion fund, about a third of the money coming from the oil industry, to pay for cleanup of water systems contaminated by the gasoline additive MTBE, hoping to clear the way for passage of a broad energy bill (search). The proposal …

NEW YORK – A judge in Illinois has ordered singer R. Kelly (search) to give a deposition in a civil case filed by a woman who claims he secretly videotaped her while having sex. The order allows Kelly to be questioned about what he knows about a tape that’s allegedly …

NEW YORK – Hilary Duff (search) and Rob Schneider (search) will co-host the 2005 Teen Choice Awards (search), FOX announced Tuesday. “The Perfect Man” leading lady and “The Hot Chick” leading man will hand out awards such as Choice Liplock, Choice Movie Chemistry and Choice Male Hottie during the Los …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military on Thursday announced the capture of two key members of Iraq’s most-feared terror group, including one suspected in the kidnap-slaying of an Egyptian envoy and attacks on senior diplomats from Pakistan and Bahrain. Khamis Farhan Khalaf Abd al-Fahdawi, known as Abu Seba, was arrested …

WASHINGTON – President Bush plans to host the president of Colombia at his Texas ranch on Aug. 4, the White House announced Tuesday. White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Bush and President Alvaro Uribe (search) would discuss the spread of democracy and economic opportunity, the war against terror and …

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt – Investigators identified an Egyptian as a possible bomber in the terror attacks at this Red Sea resort and were searching Tuesday for his suspected Islamic militant cohorts — the first break in the probe. The development came as two security officials revealed that authorities received information …

SPACE CENTER, Houston – In an astonishing setback for the shuttle program, NASA on Wednesday grounded future flights because the foam debris that led to the Columbia disaster still poses a risk to space missions. During Shuttle Discovery‘s (search) liftoff, a chunk of foam flew off the external fuel tank …