
Chavez's return spurs doubts, new speculation
President Hugo Chavez's continued silence in the week since his return to Venezuela has only deepened the mystery about his health. While tweets and ...
Rights group: Tamil suspects raped by government
An international human rights group alleges Sri Lankan security forces continue to use torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence against ...

India orders probe into Finmeccanica copter deal
India's top investigative agency is looking into the role a former air force chief played in a $750 million helicopter contract marred by reports of ...

Despite peace accord, eastern Congo still on edge
Despite the signing of a Congo peace accord on Sunday, this Central African country remains unsettled by signs of a return to war. The peace ...
Israel, US successfully test anti-missile system
Israel and the U.S. on Monday carried out a successful test of the next-generation Arrow 3 missile defense system, for the first time sending an ...

Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province
Afghanistan's president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations ...

Prisoner's death stokes fears of third uprising
The mysterious death of a 30-year-old Palestinian gas station attendant in Israeli custody stoked new West Bank clashes Sunday, along with Israeli ...
Battle for Syria's Aleppo airport intensifies
The battle for Syria's second-largest airport intensified Saturday as government troops tried to reverse recent strategic gains the rebels have made ...
F-35 fleet grounded after engine crack found
The Pentagon on Friday grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets after discovering a cracked engine blade in one plane. The problem was discovered ...

Up to 12,000 US, allied troops for Afghanistan
The U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely ...

Panetta: Cybersecurity focus of next NATO meeting
With cyberthreats escalating, the next meeting of NATO defense ministers will include a major focus on cybersecurity, Secretary of Defense Leon ...

Panetta, NATO partner, differ on troop numbers
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his NATO counterparts are considering leaving 8,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but it was unclear ...
German: US to leave 8,000-12,000 troops in Afghan
A German official said Friday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told NATO allies that the U.S. will leave between 8,000 and 12,000 American ...

All eyes on Venezuelan hospital, no sign of Chavez
At Caracas' military hospital, the only outward signs that President Hugo Chavez is a patient inside are the motorcades that come and go and the ...

UN nuclear agency documents Iran atom advances
U.N. nuclear inspectors recently counted nearly 200 advanced machines fully or partially installed at Iran's main uranium enrichment site, the ...

NATO to consider maintaining larger Afghan force
NATO is strongly considering a proposal to continue funding a security force of 352,000 Afghan troops through 2018, as part of an effort to maintain ...

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops
Hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli security forces Thursday, hurling rocks and burning tires at a West Bank demonstration to show ...
AP Source: Breedlove likely pick to lead NATO
Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, the top U.S. Air Force commander in Europe, is the likely choice to become commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, ...

NATO chief urges countries to halt defense cuts
The head of NATO urged member countries Thursday to stop cutting their defense budgets in response to tough economic times, saying continued ...

In Myanmar, answers to ethnic conflict elusive
Kneeling beside a line of freshly dug trenches carved like one long, open wound into a lush hillside, the rebel sergeant peered through dusty ...

Russia offers to broker Syria talks
Russia and the Arab League proposed Wednesday to broker talks between the Syrian opposition and President Bashar Assad's regime to try to resolve the ...

Egypt's military signals impatience with president
Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing their policies and ...

Moment of reckoning for French troops in Mali
It's crunch time in Mali for the French military. Radical Islamist fighters spent weeks on the run from Malian cities under a French ground and air ...