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Bomb blasts leave 5 dead, 25 wounded in IndiaPolice say three bombs have exploded in India's restive northeast killing five people and wounding more than 25 others.
Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugeesSri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.
Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacksItalian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, officials said.
Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attackThe walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.
Gates: U.S. to look at own role in Afghan graftThe U.S. will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.
Afghan police are weak link in security forceUnderpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.
Pakistan: 8 militants die in reported U.S. strikeA suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight militants in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents.
Nepal mass animal sacrifice festival to go aheadA Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers say.
Suicide bomber kills 13 in busy Afghan squareA suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan.
Nepal mass animal sacrifice festival to go aheadA Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday.
Q A: What is Afghanistan's loya jirga; what does it do?After his inauguration on Thursday, re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced he would organize a "loya jirga" -- a large assembly of Afghan leaders.
U.S. war planners woo skeptical PakistanisFaced with an escalating insurgency, Pakistan views U.S. efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan as critical to its own security, but is worried about the chances of American failure.
Analysis: U.S. works with and around KarzaiThe Obama administration has a simple-sounding strategy for the shadow of corruption that surrounds Hamid Karzai: Work with the Afghan leader and around him.
Doctor: Blast kills 16 near Pakistan courthouseSixteen people were killed in an explosion outside a courthouse in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday.
Karzai back at helm, with a battered imageHamid Karzai once was called "the chic-est man on the planet" and hailed as Afghanistan's leader. Now, about to start a second term, the president is beset by insurgency and western criticism.
Afghan leader to take oath, reputation in tattersForeign dignitaries descended on Kabul on the eve of the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai, who is trying to rehabilitate his tattered reputation after a fraud-marred vote.
Pakistan army claims gains near Afghan borderWhile Pakistan army shows gains near the border, questions remain over whether insurgents have slipped away into South Waziristan mountains or beyond to fight another day.
Afghanistan worsens on corruption indexAfghanistan has slipped three places to become the world's second most-corrupt country despite billions in aid meant to fight a rising insurgency, according to an annual survey.
India puts nuclear plants on alert: reportIndia has put its nuclear power plants on alert and tightened security after intelligence about possible attacks, a report said on Monday.
Twelve Afghans die as militants target generalTwelve Afghans died when insurgents fired two rockets into a crowded market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces was holding a meeting with tribal elders.
Power struggle threatens Pakistan's leaderPakistan's civilian and military leaders are tangling in a series of political confrontations that could lead to a constitutional crisis, Pakistani and U.S. officials tell NBC News.
Bombing at police station in Pakistan kills 3A police official says a suicide car bomber has attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least two people and injuring 14 others.
Fabled Foreign Legion finds a new war to fightHome has been in many far-flung places for the French Foreign Legion during their storied 178-year history, and now they are in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan.
Pakistan: Militants attack 2 anti-Taliban figuresMilitants stage of attacks against anti-Taliban figures in northwestern Pakistan, as part of an escalating campaign to weaken the country's resolve to fight extremism.
French, Afghan troops push into hostile valleyHundreds of French and Afghan troops push into a hostile valley in eastern Afghanistan where militants launch quick attacks, then disappear into hillside villages.
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