Iraq 'upholds' poll ban on two MPs
A panel of Iraqi judges has reportedly upheld the decision to bar two prominent Sunni members of parliament from contesting in general elections scheduled for March 7.
Iraq election campaign begins
Official campaigning for Iraq's March 7 general election started on Friday in a tense atmosphere overshadowed by angry demands from provincial leaders that workers linked to Saddam Hussein be fired.
How the Taliban pressed bin Laden
Evidence now available from various sources, including recently declassified United States State Department documents, shows that the Taliban regime led by Mullah Mohammad Omar imposed strict isolation on Osama bin Laden after 1998 to prevent him from carrying out any plots against the United States.
US and Afghan troops ring Taliban stronghold
U.S. and Afghan forces ringed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war.
Five Americans wounded in suicide attack at US base in Afghanistan
An Afghan official says a suicide attacker wearing a police uniform blew himself up at a US base in eastern Afghanistan, wounding five Americans. The spokesman for Paktia province, Roullah Samoun, says the attack occurred tonight in the Dand aw Patan district near the Pakistan border about 70 kilometres east of Gardez.
Pakistan and India to Resume Talks on Feb. 25 in New Delhi
Talks between Pakistan and India halted by the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks will resume on Feb. 25 as the two countries’ foreign secretaries meet in New Delhi, Pakistan’s government said in a statement.
Yemen government and rebels call ceasefire
Hopes that truce will bring an end to six-year conflict which has diverted resources from fighting al-Qaida in the country
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