GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas, in an unusual move that seems unlikely to herald a change in tactics by the Islamist group, has expressed regret for the deaths of Israeli civilians in Palestinian rocket attacks during fighting in Gaza a year ago. Israel, where Hamas suicide bombers have killed hundreds of civilians over two decades, dismissed any apology for the three non-combatants ...

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - A bomb killed at least 20 Shi'ite pilgrims on Wednesday as they poured into Iraq's holy city of Kerbala, triggering criticism of security forces and politicians before a potentially bloody March election. The attack was the latest this week by suspected Sunni Islamist insurgents on Shi'ites making a religious trek to the city during ...

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pilotless U.S. drones fired 18 missiles into a Pakistani sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban fighters on the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing at least 10 militants, residents and security officials said. The United States has stepped up drone strikes on militant sanctuaries on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border since a December 30 suicide ...

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq outlined twin challenges Monday to the unsteady democracy's elections next month: assuring that voters and rival factions accept the result and then making sure the losers step aside quietly. Christopher Hill said the March 7 parliamentary balloting will ...