WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2009 (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates estimates the Pentagon will need about $70 billion more to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year, on top of the $65.9 billion already approved by Congress. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Democrats celebrated their increased clout in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, swearing in new members who are expected to help President-elect Barack Obama enact a massive economic stimulus package. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Many U.S. troops serving overseas are effectively excluded from voting because they are not given enough time to cast absentee ballots, according to a report released on Tuesday. ... > full story
NEW DELHI, Jan. 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused Pakistan on Tuesday of acting irresponsibly, saying November's Mumbai attacks must have had support from some of its nuclear-armed neighbor's official agencies. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Jan. 3, 2009 (Reuters) — Former U.S.-installed Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has denounced the policies of President George W. Bush as an "utter failure" that gave rise to the sectarian venom that ravaged his country. ... > full story
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan. 2, 2009 (Reuters) — A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles on Friday in Pakistan's South Waziristan region killing at least three people in an area known as a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud. ... > full story
CANBERRA, Jan. 2, 2009 (Reuters) — Australia is considering a U.S. request to re-settle inmates from the Guantanamo Bay military prison camp, but is unlikely to take any detainees, Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Friday. ... > full story
KABUL, Jan. 1, 2009 (Reuters) — Foreign troops suffered their highest death toll in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2008, and with thousands more troops scheduled to be deployed, this year could be even worse. ... > full story
JAMRUD, Pakistan, Dec. 31, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistani army helicopters attacked militants along the Khyber Pass on Wednesday while tanks rumbled in to secure the vital supply link for Western forces in land-locked Afghanistan. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2008 (Reuters) — A U.S. judge refused to release two Guantanamo terrorism suspects on Tuesday and upheld the government's authority to keep them, after ordering freedom last month for five prisoners whose case led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling. ... > full story
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Pakistan Blasts India's Mumbai Charges, but No Denial Jan. 6, 2009 (FOX News) — Pakistan says Indian allegations of links between Pakistani state agencies and the Mumbai attacks risk diverting attention from their joint efforts ...
Chishti demands death penalty for ex-generals Jan. 2, 2009 (TMCnet.com) — President Ex- Servicemen Society and chairman Tameer-e-Pakistan Party, Gen (R) Faiz Ali Chishti has demanded trial of all those retired army ...
Pakistan supply route to Afghanistan to reopen soon Jan. 2, 2009 (Today's Zaman, Turkey) — Pakistan will reopen the main supply route for Western forces in Afghanistan in the next few days after security forces achieved most of their ...
Adventurer finds new mountains to climb Jan. 1, 2009 (USA Today) — Globe-trotting humanitarian Greg Mortenson, co-author of the best-selling memoir Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One ...
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