Italian soldiers stand next to the flags of NATO, Afghanistan and Italy during a ceremony to start constructing a base for the Afghan national army air force in Herat, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Fraidoon Pooyaa)Sunni concerns see Iraq MPs fail to agree 2010 election law
Concerns from Iraq's Sunni bloc on Saturday saw MPs fail again to agree a law for next year's general election, fuelling doubts that the vote will go ahead on January 16 as planned.
All Afghan War Options by Obama Aides Said to Call for More Troops
Advisers to President Obama are preparing three options for escalating the war effort in Afghanistan, all of them calling for more American troops, as he moves closer to a decision on the way forward in the eight-year-old war, officials said Saturday.
Afghan Taliban deny have missing US troops' bodies
The Taliban denied on Sunday they were holding the bodies of two U.S. soldiers who had gone missing last week in northwestern Afghanistan after earlier claiming they had recovered the two dead servicemen.
20 militants killed in Pakistan's tribal area operation
In last 24 hours, at least 20 militants have been killed during Pakistani security forces' operation in the country's South Waziristan tribal agency, according to a press release issued Sunday by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Saudis claim control of region from Yemeni rebels
Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it has regained control of a mountainous region from Yemeni rebels who it said entered the kingdom's borders.
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