U.S. and Iraqi troops arrested the leader of a crucial Awakening Council in Baghdad on Saturday, setting off a rare spasm of street fighting and raising fresh concerns about the troubled Awakening program that has brought many militants onto the government's side in its battle against Sunni extremists. ...more

March 29, 2009

President Barack Obama has approved adding about 17,000 U.S. troops for the flagging war in Afghanistan, administration, defense and congressional officials said Tuesday. ...more

February 18, 2009

The Iraqi military held parades to mark the anniversary of its founding 88 years ago and to celebrate a security agreement with the United States that went into effect Thursday. The agreement replaced a U.N. mandate that allowed the United States and other foreign troops to operate in Iraq. ...more

January 5, 2009

The conflict in eastern Congo is being fueled and funded by a tussle for control of minerals that end up in cell phones, laptops and other electronics - deepening the stakes in a war that sprung out of festering hatreds from the Rwandan genocide. ...more

November 3, 2008

Humpy Wheeler received a standing ovation from Sprint Cup drivers before Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, his final race running Lowe's Motor Speedway. ...more

May 26, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to freeze plans for further reducing Army forces in Europe and will maintain about 40,000 soldiers in Germany and Italy, nearly twice as many as had been envisioned under a drawdown that began two years ago, senior Pentagon and military officials said. ...more

November 22, 2007