A group of Saudi clerics urged the kingdom's new information minister on Sunday to ban women from appearing on TV or in newspapers and magazines, making clear that the country's hardline religious establishment is skeptical of a new push toward moderation. ...more

March 22, 2009

A suicide bomber pretending to need help with his car killed 34 people in northwest Pakistan while the target of another recent attack, the Marriott in Islamabad, partially reopened three months after a brazen truck bombing at the luxury hotel left 54 dead. ...more

December 29, 2008

A massive suicide truck bomb gutted the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, killing at least 40 people and injuring hundreds. Dozens more were feared dead inside the building where rescuers continued to search early today. ...more

September 21, 2008

Stung by U.S. allegations that elements in its premier spy agency colluded with Islamic militants in the July bombing of the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistan on Friday conceded that there were "probably" Taliban sympathizers within the ranks of its powerful intelligence establishment. ...more

August 2, 2008

Zimbabwe's one-candidate presidential runoff is already a footnote, with the world looking beyond today's electoral charade to how longtime leader Robert Mugabe can be pushed toward real democracy. ...more

June 27, 2008

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of Zimbabwe's violence-wracked presidential runoff Sunday, declaring that the election was no longer credible and the loss of life among his supporters was simply too high. ...more

June 23, 2008