
Different challenges in Central African Rep., Mali
Two land-locked, desperately poor African countries are gripped by rebellions in the north that have left huge chunks of both nations outside of ...
Israel ex-spy chief blasts PM ahead of election
A prominent Israeli ex-intelligence chief sought to sway Israelis against Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections, saying in an interview published ...

Rebel area shows limits of rebel push for Damascus
Twin airstrikes by government jets on a large, rebel-held suburb of Damascus on Thursday sheered the sides off apartment towers and left residents ...
Army major pleads guilty to accepting gratuities
A U.S. Army major has pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from contractors while in Iraq. Federal attorneys said ...
Turkey's ex-military chief testifies on coup role
Turkey's former military chief testified in court Thursday about his role in ousting an Islamic-led government in the 1990s, as Turkey pressed to ...
Myanmar military admits airstrikes against Kachin
Myanmar's military acknowledged launching airstrikes against ethnic Kachin rebels in the north and said it captured a hilltop post from where the ...

Clashes in Syria shut down Aleppo airport
Clashes between government troops and rebels on Tuesday forced the international airport in Aleppo to stop all flights in and out of Syria's largest ...

Iran warns foreign planes near Strait of Hormuz
Iran's navy issued dozens of warnings to foreign planes and warships that approached its forces during a five-day sea maneuver near the strategic ...
Congress tightens belt, trims spy budget for 2013
Congress has drastically trimmed the budget for U.S. spies and satellites for 2013, though not quite as deeply as the White House wanted. In one of ...

Central African Republic rebels ignore negotiation
President Francois Bozize's government came under growing threat Monday as rebels vowing to overthrow him rejected appeals from the African Union to ...

Report details changes in Benghazi explanations
The FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies — but not the White House — made major changes in talking points that led to the Obama administration's ...

AP IMPACT: Al-Qaida carves out own country in Mali
Deep inside caves, in remote desert bases, in the escarpments and cliff faces of northern Mali, Islamic fighters are burrowing into the earth, ...

North Korea cracks down on knowledge smugglers
The warning came from Kim Jong Un, the North Korean ruler who sees his isolated nation, just across the border from this busy Chinese trading town, ...
Iran test-fires missiles near Strait of Hormuz
Iran's navy said Monday it test-fired a range of weapons during ongoing maneuvers near the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the ...
Court reduces Israeli whistleblower's sentence
Israel's Supreme Court has reduced the sentence of a former Israeli soldier who passed hundreds of classified military documents to a newspaper ...

Afghan violence falls in 2012, insider attacks up
Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but more Afghan troops and police who now shoulder most of the combat were killed, according to statistics ...

African Union head visits Central African Republic
The leader of the African Union, Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, has proposed a government of national unity to resolve the rebel conflict in ...

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were still in disarray as lawmakers returned to the Capitol to confront the ...
Central African Republic rebels take another city
Rebels continued their advance on Saturday, seizing the city of Sibut, 185 kilometers (114 miles) from Bangui, the capital, a government official ...

General's battle with PTSD leads him to the brink
In the exploding hell of battle, a single hand poked through the earth. John Cantwell could see the ridges and calluses of the skin, and the pile of ...

C. African Republic neighbors to send help
Central African Republic's neighbors agreed on Friday to dispatch a contingent of soldiers to intervene in the troubled country, where a coalition of ...

Rebels besiege airports in northern Syria
Syrian rebels stepped up their siege of a government helicopter base and clashed with soldiers near Aleppo's international airport on Friday, part of ...

Program helps veterans reintegrate through music
During stressful times as a combat medic in Afghanistan, Mason Sullivan found solace in Vivaldi. New Jersey native Nairobi Cruz was comforted by ...

AP Exclusive: Photos show NKorea nuclear readiness
North Korea has repaired flood damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a quick atomic explosion if it chose, though water streaming out ...
Reaction to death of Norman Schwarzkopf
Reaction to the death Thursday of retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf: ___ "With the passing of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, we've lost an American ...