Hometown of Taliban chief captured
ISLAMABAD — The army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan's Taliban chief Saturday after fierce fighting, officials ...
KABUL — The United Nations began delivering ballots and voting kits across Afghanistan today, as hurried preparations for the Nov. 7 runoff in the insurgency-plagued nat...
NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger train crashed into another train's rear carriage reserved for women and disabled passengers, killing 21 people and injuring 17 who remained ...
KABUL — Afghanistan's election commission today ordered a Nov. 7 runoff in the disputed presidential poll after a fraud investigation dropped incumbent Hamid Karzai's vo...
Pakistanis target terrorist sites
ISLAMABAD — More than 30,000 Pakistani soldiers launched a major ground offensive in the main al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold along the ...
Fraud investigation may force runoff
KABUL — International pressure was mounting Saturday on Afghanistan's president to respect imminent findings from a fraud investigati...
Only New England region fares poorly
WASHINGTON — Businesses in the South and Southwest benefited most from the first federal contracts awarded under President Barack Oba...
Experts: Fingerprint means $150M find
TORONTO — Mona Lisa has something new to smile about.
A portrait of a young woman thought to be created by a 19th century German art...
WARSAW, Poland — The memorial museum at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz has launched a Facebook page, hoping the popular social networking site will help it reac...
LAHORE, Pakistan — Teams of gunmen attacked three law enforcement facilities across the eastern city of Lahore today, paralyzing Pakistan's cultural capital, while a car...
