KABUL, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — An explosion outside a school south of the Afghan capital on Thursday killed at least 25 people, including 15 students, officials said, and Taliban fighters overran a district near the Pakistan border after heavy fighting. ... > full story
URUMQI, China, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Chinese President Hu Jintao, forced to abandon a G8 summit in Italy by ethnic violence in restive Xinjiang, said that maintaining social stability in the energy-rich region was the "most urgent task," state television reported on Thursday. ... > full story
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 8, 2009 (Reuters) — U.S. drones attacked militants in northwest Pakistan twice on Wednesday, killing more than 40 fighters, security officials said, while the army said the Taliban chief in Swat had been wounded. ... > full story
BISHKEK, July 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Kyrgyzstan has signed an agreement allowing the United States to continue using a key air base serving U.S. aircraft in operations in Afghanistan, according to a presidential spokesman. ... > full story
MOSCOW, July 4, 2009 (Reuters) — Russia will grant President Barack Obama permission next week to ship U.S. weapons supplies across its territory, or through its airspace, en route to Afghanistan, sources on both sides told Reuters on Saturday. ... > full story
MOSCOW, July 3, 2009 (Reuters) — Russia hopes next week's visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan. ... > full story
SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan, July 3, 2009 (Reuters) — Hundreds of British troops have seized key canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of a new U.S.-led operation to wrest the initiative from insurgents. ... > full story
MOSCOW, July 1, 2009 (Reuters) — Hopes are rising on both sides that President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow next week will produce a breakthrough in talks on cutting U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons and on helping Washington in Afghanistan. ... > full story
NEW YORK, June 30, 2009 (Reuters) — Lawyers for the first detainee transferred from Guantanamo Bay for trial in a U.S. civilian court asked a judge on Tuesday for access to CIA "black sites" where they say he was harshly interrogated. ... > full story
KARACHI, June 29, 2009 (Reuters) — Two months into a Pakistani military offensive against Taliban militants, public opinion is firmly behind the civilian government and the military and it shows no sign of wavering. ... > full story
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MP says Britain "outsourced" torture July 8, 2009 (Reuters, UK) — A Conservative MP has accused the government and intelligence agencies of colluding in the torture of a British terrorism suspect whose ...
Luray Woman A Trailblazer July 3, 2009 (Daily News Record, Virginia) — In World War II, Reed Taught Aerial Gunnery To Hardened Marines. By Jeff Mellott. . . . . . LURAY - As America prepares to celebrate Independence ...
Kashmir solution cornerstone of Pak's foreign policy: Gilani June 28, 2009 (Times of India) — Pakistan's prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said a "cordial relationship" with India was not possible until the longstanding Kashmir ...
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