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AP Interview: UN chief says Mali getting more help
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that France, Senegal and Nigeria have responded to an appeal from Mali's president for help to counter an ...
Al-Qaida presence in Mali, Yemen and Afghanistan
President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Friday to discuss bringing down the curtain in the long Afghan war. As U.S.
Slaying puts spotlight on Kurdish female warriors
The photograph shows a young woman in guerrilla fatigues, long hair tied back, toting a machine gun. She stands next to Abdullah Ocalan, the feared ...
Pakistani Shiites protest after bombings kill 120
Shiites in a southwestern Pakistani city hit by a brutal terror attack refused to bury their dead Friday in protest, demanding that the government do ...
France: ready to stop advance of Mali rebels
President Francois Hollande said Friday that France will be ready to intervene to stop al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali who have been moving toward ...
Cleric return jolts Pakistan politics before vote
To his supporters, Tahir-ul-Qadri is a savior of Pakistan's fragile democracy who will right the country ahead of elections expected to take place ...
Mali seeks French help against extremists
Mali's president asked France for help Thursday to counter an offensive by extremist and terrorist groups who control the northern half of the country ...
UK detective found guilty in phone hacking scandal
A top British counterterrorism detective was found guilty Thursday of trying to sell information to one of Rupert Murdoch's tabloids, becoming the ...
Specter of Benghazi drives US-Afghan talks
The attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya last year has become a factor driving the White House decision on how large a force to leave in ...
US troop plan in Afghanistan follows Iraq playbook
It's the same debate, the same numbers and practically the same plan, but the White House is working harder to keep troops in Afghanistan than it did ...
Talks on Central African Republic begin in Gabon
Talks on the crisis in Central African Republic began Wednesday with representatives of the government, rebels and other groups gathering in this ...
Algerian convicted in 2003 tourist kidnappings
A court in Algiers has convicted an Algerian of taking part in the 2003 kidnapping of 15 European tourists, mainly German, in the Sahara Desert and ...
C. African Republic leader calls rebels terrorists
The embattled president of Central African Republic on Tuesday accused the rebels who have seized the northern half of the country of being backed by ...
France: 9 convicted for link to Uzbek terror group
A Paris court has convicted nine people for links to a militant group that the U.N. Security Council has described as an al-Qaida affiliate. The trial ...
Obama digs in for a fight on Hagel, Brennan picks
Digging in for a fight, President Barack Obama riled Senate Republicans and some Democrats, too, on Monday by nominating former senator and combat ...
Obama's CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood
John Brennan was headed for the priesthood when, while sitting idly on a bus as a student at Fordham University in the 1970s, he stumbled on a ...
Fighting in Syria as world slams Assad speech
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed disappointment with Syrian President Bashar Assad for rejecting the most important elements of ...
Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
Despite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, ...
Bulgaria: Investigator of bomb attack is dismissed
Bulgarian officials on Monday dismissed the leader of an investigation into last year's bomb attack in the coastal city of Burgas that killed five ...
Indonesian anti-terror squad criticized for deaths
Indonesia's U.S.-funded police anti-terror squad has killed seven suspected militants recently, reviving allegations that the force is not trying to ...
Suicide bombers kill 5 at Afghan district compound
Two suicide bombers penetrated a government compound in the country's south Sunday, killing five people, Afghan officials said. There were no reports ...
Pakistan says 1 dead in border clash with India
Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian ...
Pakistani officials say US drones kill 9 militants
Suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Sunday, killing nine Pakistani Taliban ...
Report: Senior al-Qaida in N Africa member killed
An Algerian newspaper says the right-hand man to the head of al-Qaida's North African branch was one of seven insurgents killed by the army last week.
Chile: Couple dies defending home amid protests
An elderly couple whose family's vast landholdings have long been targeted by Mapuche Indians in southern Chile were killed in an arson attack early ...