Suicide bomber kills at least 8 in Baghdad
A suicide bomber slammed a car packed with explosives into one of the gates of Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone on Monday, killing eight people ...

Insider attacks on US troops concern Panetta
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that while he is very concerned about rogue Afghan troops and police turning their guns on U.S.

Pakistan journalists' choice: Face death, or jail
The telephone call to local journalists generally comes in the late evening. The voice on the other end is harsh. He has a statement he wants printed, ...
FBI: Operation tracking Chicago teen took months
The investigation started months ago, when the FBI noticed an email message: A man in the Chicago suburbs was using an account to distribute chatter ...

Clashes over prophet film; Hezbollah urges demos
Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam film broke through a barricade near the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, ...

Israeli PM makes case on Iran to US voters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his case on Iran directly to U.S. voters Sunday, telling the American public in televised interviews ...

Afghan insider attack kills 4 US troops
Afghan police killed four American soldiers coming to their aid after a checkpoint attack Sunday, the third assault by government forces or insurgents ...

On Jewish new year, Israelis fear Iran strike
Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Sunday with a sense of uncertainty, fearful that war with Iran could break out this year. The two-day Rosh ...

Civil war keeps many Syrian children from school
Nine-year-old Rawan Mustafa knew she would miss school this year. Her primary school is in ruins, blown apart two months ago by an airstrike in ...
Egypt: soldier dies in clash with Sinai militants
Islamic militants clashed with army and police troops in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday following the arrest of some of their members, killing one ...

Syria accuses Turkey of allowing al-Qaida transit
Syria accused neighboring Turkey Sunday of allowing thousands of Muslim extremists to cross into its territory, as the government and opposition said ...

Rebels step up attacks on Colombia energy targets
The port town of Tumaco on Colombia's Pacific coast went dark for more than a week in early August after guerrillas toppled three electricity towers ...
Iraqi police: 1 killed in funeral bombing
Iraqi officials say a car bomb has killed one mourner and wounded 15 other people when it exploded near a funeral procession south of Baghdad.
A look back at the rise and fall of Occupy
A look back at the rise and fall of Occupy Wall Street, the movement against corporate greed and inequality that marks its anniversary on Monday: ___ ...

China aims at Japan's economy in island protests
Chinese are trying to hurt Japan economically for leverage in a bitter dispute over contested islands, turning to angry protests and calls for ...

Police: Roadside bomb kills 15 in NW Pakistan
A roadside bomb ripped through a minibus in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border Sunday, killing 15 passengers and wounded 12 others, police ...

Cambodia genocide defendant freed due to illness
Cambodia's war crimes tribunal set free a former leader of the Khmer Rouge on Sunday, upholding a decision that has outraged survivors seeking an ...
Last big group of Iranian exiles moves to Baghdad
The last big batch of a group of controversial Iranian exiles in Iraq reluctantly left their decades-old home in northeast Iraq on Sunday and moved ...
Turkey: 8 police killed in landmine blast
Suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a landmine along a highway in eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing eight police officers and wounding nine, Turkish ...

Panetta concerned Asia disputes could expand
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday he is concerned the territorial disputes in the Asia-Pacific region could spark provocations and ...

More anti-Japan protests in China over islands
Security personnel tightened their guard of the Japanese Embassy on Sunday as crowds of Chinese continued to protest in the capital and across the ...

Military: Afghan inside attack kills 4 NATO troops
At least one Afghan police officer turned his gun on NATO troops at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday, killing four ...
Teen charged with trying to blow up Chicago bar
Undercover FBI agents arrested an 18-year-old American man who tried to detonate what he believed was a car bomb outside a downtown Chicago bar, ...

2 British soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack
A gunman in an Afghan police uniform killed two British soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after insurgents dressed in U.S.