Federal prosecutors today released copies of evidence in the case of a former University of South Florida student who was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison for providing material support to terrorists. ...more

December 19, 2008

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that the government is ready to compromise to reach a security accord with the United States, because Iraq still needs American troops despite the drop in violence. ...more

September 30, 2008

After a week of tense public disagreement over the civilian casualty toll in a U.S.-led raid in western Afghanistan, officials from the United Nations, the Afghan government and the NATO-led force in the country said Saturday that all sides had agreed to a joint investigation. ...more

August 31, 2008

A British jury said Friday it had failed to reach verdicts in the case of three men accused of helping to plan the London subway and bus bombings in 2005 - the worst attack on Britain's capital since World War II. ...more

August 2, 2008

Insurgents armed with machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades mounted a fierce assault on a remote, relatively lightly manned U.S. outpost in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing nine American soldiers. ...more

July 14, 2008

Today's celebration of Independence Day includes a sobering, patriotic coincidence. In June, 56 U.S. troops died fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. That's exactly how many signatures are on the Declaration of Independence, a document our enemies would burn if they had the chance. ...more

July 4, 2008