Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A powerful roadside bomb killed six policemen in western Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle hit the explosives buried in the road, an Afghan official said.
Middle East
Syria, Israel exchange fire over border
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria...
Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door.
Musharraf granted bail in Bhutto assassination case
ISLAMABAD - After weeks of legal setbacks, Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, won a small victory Monday amid media speculation that the military is seeking to free the former army chief from a tangle of court cases.
Saudi Arabia reports latest death from new virus
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia-- Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16.
Pakistan's presumptive PM calls for Taliban talks
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.
Activists say 28 Hezbollah members killed in Syria
BEIRUT -- Fierce street fighting in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border has killed at least 28 elite members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, activists said Monday, as Syrian government forces pushed deeper into the strategic, opposition-held town.
Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility.
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town
BEIRUT -- Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast.
Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter
BEIRUT -- Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war.
Bombs at mosques in northwest Pakistan kill 15
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Bombs that exploded outside two mosques in a village in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 15 people Friday, underlining the challenge of militant violence facing a new government set to take power under the leadership of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq
BAGHDAD -- Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials said, as a spike in violence has raised fears the country could be on the path to a new round of sectarian bloodshed.
Bombs at mosques in northwest Pakistan kill 13
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Bombs that exploded outside two mosques in a village in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 13 people Friday, underlining the challenge of militant violence facing a new government set to take power under the leadership of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons
BEIRUT -- Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday.
Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy during rush hour in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, including six U.S. military advisers and two children, officials said. U.S. soldiers rushed to the scene to help, including some wearing only T-shirts or shorts under their body armor.
Syrian troops repel rebel attack on Aleppo prison
BEIRUT -- A Syrian activist group says rebels have withdrawn from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo after heavy fighting with government troops.
Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 21 dead
BAGHDAD -- Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed.
Wave of bombings kills at least 33 in Iraq
BAGHDAD -- A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 people nationwide, officials said.
Syria rebels, regime troops fight in Aleppo prison
BEIRUT -- Rebel fighters battled regime troops inside the walls of the sprawling central prison compound in Syria's largest city Wednesday, hours after blowing open the gate with twin car bombs in an attempted jailbreak, activists said.
Battles in Pakistan tribal area displace thousands
PARACHINAR, Pakistan -- A new offensive by the Pakistani military against militants in a northwestern tribal area has displaced thousands of people in the past week, an official said Wednesday.
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