Four militants attacked the United Nations compound in Herat, Afghanistan Saturday in the most serious incident on a UN facility since the Oct. 2009 attack on a Kabul guesthouse that killed several employees.
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is keeping the pressure on China, after finance ministers meeting in South Korea this weekend seem to have staved off the immediate threat of a 'currency war.'
A secret stream of Iranian cash intended to promote Iran’s interests in the Afghan presidential palace is seen as an effort to divide the United States and Afghanistan.
AP - Preparing for political life after a bruising election, President Barack Obama will put greater emphasis on fiscal discipline, a nod to a nation sick of spending and to a Congress poised to become more Republican, conservative and determined to stop him.
AP - Allegations of prisoner abuse and civilian killings in Iraq from a cache of leaked U.S. secret military documents are extremely serious and must be investigated, a top British official said Sunday.
AP - The Afghan president asked Sunday for a list of national aid projects that need protection by private security guards, potentially signaling his wish to reach a compromise over the status of security companies in Afghanistan and safeguard foreign aid projects worth billions of dollars.
Category 1 Hurricane Richard could produce life-threatening flash floods and mud slides, especially in Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula, forecasters say.
Yemeni security forces have swept into a region of the country thought to be a haven for al Qaeda, the governing party says. The U.S. believes Yemeni-American militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is in the region.
Preliminary tests indicate that Fran Crippen of the U.S. swimming team had a fatal heart attack during an open-water race in the United Arab Emirates, an official says.
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