Defusing dangerous situation 36 min ago | Add a comment TENSIONS between India and Pakistan ratcheted higher during the weekend with authorities in Mumbai reckoning the human carnage wrought by 10 terrorists that left nearly 200 dead, with the toll...

Islamist militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan 22 hr ago | Add a comment PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Six Pakistani security officers and two suspected militants were killed Sunday in new violence close to the Afghan border, police said. Also Sunday, paramilitary troops...

Journalists’ car bombed in Iraq 22 hr ago | Add a comment BAGHDAD — An American journalist for National Public Radio and three Iraqi colleagues escaped injury Sunday when a bomb attached to their car exploded as it was parked along a street in west...

Nigerian city imposes curfew as deaths rise Sat, Nov 29, 2008 JOS, Nigeria — Mobs burned homes, churches and mosques Saturday in a second day of riots. The death toll rose to more than 300 in the worst sectarian violence in Africa’s most populous...

IN BRIEF: Strike kills 2 in Pakistan Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment Strike kills 2 in Pakistan MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least two people Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials said. The officials said...

Award honors videos by Jordanian queen Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s Queen Rania has received YouTube’s first Visionary Award for a daily video Web cast and blog in which she sought to challenge stereotypes of the Arab and...

Hunger strike takes toll on Guantanamo Bay inmate Sat, Nov 29, 2008 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The health of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner on hunger strike for more than three years has deteriorated sharply, his lawyer said in legal papers seeking a medical...

Afghan opium stats worry U.S., NATO Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban and other warlords could clear almost half a billion dollars from Afghanistan’s opium trade this year. That will help finance insurgent attacks, the...

In the news: Muslims making Mecca journey Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Add a comment Muslims making Mecca journey Hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islamic faith. Muslims who are financially and physically able are required to make the pilgrimage at least...

Clues suggest homegrown terrorists in India attack Thu, Nov 27, 2008 LONDON - The attack on India's financial capital bears all the trademarks of al-Qaida — simultaneous assaults meant to kill scores of Westerners in iconic buildings — but clues so far point to...

Iraqi lawmakers approve U.S. withdrawal plan Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD (AP) - The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq's parliament approved a pact that requires all troops to be out in three...

Feds sense threat of N.Y. transit attack Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Add a comment NEW YORK — Train and subway security was raised Wednesday after a warning al-Qaida was contemplating a transit attack during the holiday season. An internal memo says the FBI has got a...

Iraqi voters may get last say on U.S. deal Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD — Intense dealmaking among Iraq’s political factions on Wednesday delayed by one day a parliamentary vote on a security pact that would allow American forces to stay in the...

Vote today poses hurdle for Iraq pact Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD — A leader of the largest Sunni Arab bloc in parliament hinted he might withhold support for a pact to let U.S. troops stay in Iraq through 2011. That would make it hard for the...

AT A GLANCE: A Taliban Force Tue, Nov 25, 2008 A Taliban force A U.N. study of suicide attacks documented cases of children allegedly used as suicide bombers by the Taliban. "Most of these children were between 15 and 16 years of age and...

IN BRIEF Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | Add a comment U.S. pact poses detainee dilemma CAMP CROPPER, Iraq — The U.S. military is rushing to build criminal cases against some 5,000 detainees it deems dangerous — including suspected members...

U.S. security accord faces uncertain fate Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD — The Iraqi parliament will vote Wednesday on a pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years, but the government’s hopes of winning a wide margin...

Accord may push Iraq into turmoil Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD — A towering statue of Saddam Hussein. A giant effigy of George W. Bush. Two targets, one central square in Baghdad. It was Saddam in 2003, but on Friday it was a likeness of Bush...

The year 2025: Oil, dollar out; Russia, Islam in Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 14 WASHINGTON -- Global warming could be a boon to Russia, a European country could be overrun by organized crime and the U.S. and its dollar could further decline in importance during the next two...

IN BRIEF: Judge releases five Algerians Fri, Nov 21, 2008 Judge releases five Algerians WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth. U.S....