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Turkish premier slams Security Council over Syria
Turkey's prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end Syria's civil war, ...
Blasts in southern Afghanistan kill 9
A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up at a local intelligence office in southern Afghanistan, in the deadliest of three attacks that left ...
EU detractors slam Nobel Peace Prize decision
While some Europeans swelled with pride when the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize, howls of derision erupted from the continent's large band ...
Praise and shock: EU Nobel Peace Prize reactions
Some reaction to the European Union being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday: ___ "The stabilizing part played by the European Union has helped ...
US sends forces to Jordan as check on Syria
The United States has sent troops to Jordan to bolster its military capabilities in the event Syria's civil war escalates, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon ...
Panetta urges NATO allies to help train Afghans
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday the NATO coalition has turned an important corner in Afghanistan, and has come too far and spilled too ...
Panetta, Allen to reassure NATO on insider attacks
The killings of more than 130 U.S. and allied forces by Afghan troops or those dressed like them is not deterring NATO countries from the war in ...
NATO backs Turkey in standoff with Syria
NATO is ready to defend Turkey, the alliance's top official said Tuesday, in a direct warning to Syria after a week of cross-border artillery and ...
UN envoy: Afghanistan not headed for collapse
The international community will continue supporting Afghanistan after U.S. and NATO combat forces leave the war-wracked nation by the end of 2014, ...
Syrian cross-border salvos send message to Turkey
Syria's cross-border attacks on Turkey in the past week look increasingly like they could be an intentional escalation meant to send a clear message ...
Afghan war enters 12th year
Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s — least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah ...
Spain quip adds to Romney's foreign policy trouble
If Mitt Romney becomes president, he might need a crash course in Diplomacy 101. He irritated Britons and Palestinians during a summer tour abroad and ...
Panetta says Karzai should thank allied forces
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed back at Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday, saying the Afghan leader should say thank you now and then to the ...
Spain seals deal with US over NATO missile shield
The Spanish government has agreed to participate in NATO's anti-missile shield that will see specialized United States warships based at a Spanish ...
Turkey authorizes military operations in Syria
Turkey sanctioned further military action against Syria on Thursday and bombarded targets across the border with artillery for a second day, raising ...
Turkey fires at Syria after deadly shelling
Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply ...
Turkish artillery targets Syria
Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets after deadly shelling from Syria hit a Turkish border town on Wednesday, sharply raising tensions on a ...
Winner of Georgian election to visit US first
The opposition leader who won Georgia's parliamentary election wants to restore ties with Russia, where he made his billions as a businessman.
Term of NATO chief extended by 1 year
The NATO military alliance is extending the term in office of its current chief, allowing him to remain in office until the end of July 2014.
A look at transition of power in ex-Soviet nations
Georgia's opposition won the parliamentary election and pro-Western President Mikhail Saakashvili conceded that his party lost. Saakashvili said that ...
Afghanistan bomber kills 14, including 3 Americans
A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle packed with explosives into a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol on Monday, killing 14 people including three ...
US military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000
The killing of an American serviceman in an exchange of fire with allied Afghan soldiers pushed U.S. military deaths in the war to 2,000, a cold ...
US and Afghan forces clash, leaving 5 dead
A firefight broke out between U.S. forces and their Afghan army allies in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, killing two Americans and three Afghan soldiers ...
Apparent Afghan insider kills NATO troop, civilian
An apparent insider attack by Afghan forces has killed a NATO service member and an international civilian contractor with the military alliance, the ...