OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Hizbollah’s sophisticated anti-tank missiles are perhaps the group’s deadliest weapon in Lebanon fighting, with their ability to pierce Israel’s most advanced tanks.

DIYARBAKIR (AFP) — Turkey began Saturday building a major dam on the Tigris River, overriding fierce criticism that the project will devastate a millenia-old historic site and displace thousands of Kurds.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Months of bombings and shootings had left US soldiers of every rank in the army’s 502nd Infantry Regiment emotionally ragged and strained. They had lost dozens of their colleagues — more than most units.