
Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009
Virginia Sen. Jim Webb on Saturday became the first U.S. official to meet with the reclusive military ruler of Myanmar and won the release of an American man sentenced to seven years of hard labor in the country.
Militants issue 28-minute tape
Sunday, July 19, 2009
UPDATED: A U.S. soldier who was captured by Taliban militants in Afghanistan earlier this month appeared on a video posted Saturday on a Web site.
Pyongyang decries U.N. sanctions
Sunday, June 14, 2009
North Korea responded Saturday to the latest economic and military sanctions from the U.N. Security Council with a threat to start enriching uranium and attack any country that stops its ships for inspection for military supplies.
Woman to appeal; Obama 'deeply disappointed'
Sunday, April 19, 2009
The Obama administration's efforts to improve relations with Iran hit a roadblock Saturday when a court in Tehran revealed it had convicted an American journalist of spying and sentenced her to eight years in prison.
See terrorism as a 'black spot'
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009
Three months after the terrorist siege of India's commercial capital left more than 160 people dead, the bodies of nine Muslim attackers remain in a city morgue because local Muslims refuse to bury them.
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008
BOMBAY | In a series of attacks aimed at Western tourists, terrorists attacked India's financial capital late Wednesday, killing at least 80 people with automatic weapons and grenades and rounding up foreigners as hostages.
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
In the six months since his coalition came to power, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has strengthened his position with shrewd maneuvers expected to culminate in his election as president on Saturday.