The death toll from a suicide attack on a five-star hotel in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar rose to at least 15 people Wednesday, including two U.N.
At least 15 dead in Pakistani hotel blast
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Pakistani military, villagers battle Taliban militants
Hundreds of Pakistani villagers who have formed an anti-Taliban militia battled for the fourth day Tuesday to remove the Islamic militants from a region of northwest Pakistan. The Pakistani military is supporting the militia, or “lashkar,” in Upper Dir district on the request of local officials and tribal elders, military spokesman Maj
First Gitmo detainee arrives in U.S. for trial
A Guantanamo Bay detainee indicted in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa arrived in New York on Tuesday to face criminal charges
High court rejects lawsuit over gays in military law
A former Army captain who was dismissed under a federal law dealing with gays and lesbians in the military lost his appeal Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court. James Pietrangelo and 11 other veterans had sued the government over the “don’t ask/ don’t tell” law passed in 1993
Fears Escalate Over Violence in Islamabad
Militant violence returned to the Pakistani capital on Saturday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the courtyard of a police rapid response center, killing two people and injuring six others.
Students swim through hell and high water to honor veterans
A small boatload of graduate students endured seasickness, hypothermia and huge swells in a 16-hour swim across the English Channel to raise money for veterans on the 65th anniversary of D-Day. They didn’t make it to the shores of France, but the physical and psychological anguish was enough to remind them of the soldiers their journey was meant to commemorate. “I recognize that I have not done anything
D-Day Tributes and Reflection Conclude Obama’s Tour
Barack Obama began his latest overseas trip on a mission to increase international cooperation, with a visit to Islam’s holiest land, Saudi Arabia, and its most dynamic intellectual hub, Cairo. He ended it four days later at a monument to what such common purpose can achieve. Sixty-five years ago today, 135,000 allied troops launched the largest seaborne invasion in history on the beaches of northern France, a move that would eventually decide the outcome of World War II.
Guinea-Bissau killings raise coup fears
Two high-profile political officials linked to Guinea-Bissau’s recently assassinated president were killed Friday, according to a statement from the West African country’s interim army chief. The killings raised fears that a military coup may be under way
Indonesia ready to give Obama a chance
As U.S. President Barack Obama makes the final tweeks to his key speech in Egypt to the Muslim world, half a world away the world’s largest Muslim nation will be watching
Former U.S. commander in Iraq calls for truth commission
The former commander of U.S.