One year after this country exploded in ethnic bloodshed, trouble is brewing. ...more

March 1, 2009

Israel came to a virtual standstill at sundown Wednesday as Jews across the country began observing Yom Kippur, the holiest day of their calendar. ...more

October 9, 2008

Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister, emerged last week as the leader of the governing Kadima Party and the favorite to succeed Ehud Olmert as prime minister. She is steely enough, no doubt, for the proverbial 3 a.m. phone call. ...more

September 22, 2008

The widower of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto said Saturday that he will run for the presidency, reviving questions about his cloudy political past and the future of the U.S. alliance with Pakistan. ...more

August 24, 2008

President Pervez Musharraf showed continued defiance on Sunday to threats of impeachment, saying through aides that he wanted to see the formal charges before making any decision to leave office. ...more

August 18, 2008

President Pervez Musharraf fought back Friday against politicians who asserted he would resign rather than face impeachment charges, saying through his chief political supporter that he would challenge the charges when they were brought to the parliament. ...more

August 16, 2008

Faced with desertions by his political supporters and the neutrality of the Pakistani military, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, an important ally of the United States, is expected to resign in the next few days rather than face impeachment charges, Pakistani politicians and Western diplomats said Thursday. ...more

August 15, 2008

A powerful suicide blast killed at least 15 people in and injured dozens of others here Sunday evening, shortly after a large protest rally marking the one-year anniversary of the government forces' raid on a radical mosque. Most of the dead were police officers. ...more

July 7, 2008

With Islamic militants tightening their grip around Peshawar, kidnapping residents and threatening the city itself, the new Pakistani coalition government delivered its first military response Saturday. ...more

June 29, 2008

Lawyers rallied against President Pervez Musharraf across Pakistan on Monday, burning him in effigy, calling for his ouster and demanding the reinstatement of judges in the kickoff of a campaign that could strain the shaky coalition government. ...more

June 10, 2008