Two missile attacks launched from remotely piloted U.S. aircraft killed at least 15 people in western Pakistan on Friday. The strikes suggested that the strategy of using drones to kill militants inside Pakistan's own borders would continue under President Barack Obama. ...more

January 24, 2009

The latest word on a helicopter crash in Siberia is that seven people were killed, including a Russian lawmaker. ...more

January 11, 2009

Pakistan's government eased its rhetoric Saturday against unilateral U.S. attacks on militant havens near the Afghan border, saying it hopes quiet diplomacy will persuade Washington that the raids only inflame sentiment against leaders of both countries. ...more

September 14, 2008

Al-Qaida has exploited recent political turmoil in Pakistan to strengthen its foothold along the country's border with Afghanistan, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said Tuesday in an assessment that also warned of a heightened risk of attack during the upcoming U.S. election season. ...more

August 13, 2008

Pakistan's top diplomat said Saturday there are no U.S. or other foreign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in his nation, and none will be allowed in to search for the al-Qaida leader. ...more

July 13, 2008

Up to 12,000 refugees fled Sudan's Darfur region to neighboring Chad during the weekend after airstrikes by the Sudanese military. ...more

February 11, 2008

Authorities have arrested five militants and seized a cache of explosives they say were to be used to attack a religious celebration of minority Shiite Muslims. ...more

January 20, 2008

The man named by Pakistani officials as the chief organizer of Benazir Bhutto's assassination is a widely feared tribal commander at the vanguard of efforts by extremist groups to draw Pakistan deeper into their insurgent campaign. ...more

December 30, 2007

For more than five months, the United States has been trying to orchestrate a political transition in Pakistan that would manage to somehow keep Gen. Pervez Musharraf in power without making a mockery of President Bush's promotion of democracy in the Muslim world. ...more

November 4, 2007

Osama bin Laden appeared for the first time in three years in a video Friday released ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they want the war in Iraq to end. ...more

September 8, 2007