The U.S. State Department and universities around the country are warning college students headed for Mexico for some spring-break partying of a surge in drug-related murder and mayhem south of the border. ...more

March 1, 2009

The U.S. State Department and universities around the country are warning college students headed for Mexico for some spring-break partying of a surge in drug-related murder and mayhem south of the border. ...more

February 26, 2009

40 Percent civilian casualties rose in Afghanistan last year, the highest level since the American-led invasion in 2001 ...more

February 18, 2009

When Hamilton Wanasinghe was Sri Lanka's military chief in the early 1990s, he tried to buy desperately needed weapons from Russia to fight the Tamil Tiger rebels. Money was so short he offered to trade crates of tea for arms. ...more

January 12, 2009

The United Nations' special envoy to Congo chided Congo's main rebel leader during a second round of peace talks Saturday for breaking a cease-fire, according to video footage taken inside the closed-door meeting. ...more

November 30, 2008

One of the lessons learned in Vietnam was that it is possible to take issues away from the enemy and turn them to your advantage. Two programs, originated with the U.S. Agency for International Development, and had a substantial impact on the course of the war. ...more

November 5, 2008

The quarrel didn't last long. Angry Sunni fighters temporarily abandoned their checkpoints in a western Baghdad neighborhood after Iraqi soldiers briefly detained some of their colleagues, whose U.S.-backed patrols have helped curb violence. ...more

September 26, 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

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

Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise Sunday as government supporters and opponents battled in the mountains overlooking the capital. ...more

May 12, 2008