US Marines leading one of NATO’s biggest offensives against the Taliban in the eight-year war are facing fierce resistance in some areas, including heavy gunfire, snipers and booby traps, US officials said.
Greece’s Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou wants other eurozone nations to release a detailed plan of how they will bail-out the Greek nation, [...]
Taliban militants wearing explosive vests launched a brazen daylight assault on the center of Kabul, with suicide bombings and gunbattles near the presidential palace and other government buildings that paralyzed the city for hours.
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Pakistani forces say they have seized control of the town of Kaniguram in South Waziristan, one of the Taliban’s key regional strongholds.
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Pakistani troops have captured the key Taliban town of Kotkai in South Waziristan.
US President Barack Obama has declared swine flu a national emergency.
A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes.
Iran seeks to ensure nuclear deal is optimum, as it studies [...]
The Obama administration, capping a months-long review process, announced a new strategy of incentives and possible punitive actions to restore peace in Darfur and assure implementation of Sudan’s north-south peace accord.
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that pursuit of export-led growth by Asian nations could lead to a reemergence of global trade [...]
Thousands of Puerto Rican workers and their supporters took to the streets during an island-wide strike over the elimination of 20,000 government jobs.
Italy denies paying off the Taliban to keep the peace in an Italian-controlled area of Afghanistan.
The wages of the typical woman who had a job during the worst recession in decades rose faster [...]
Pakistan sends 30,000 troops, helicopter gunships, aircraft and artillery for all-out assault on Taliban in Waziristan.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised a lengthy diplomatic battle to “delegitimise” United Nations charges that Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
US President Barack Obama: health insurers ‘deceptive and dishonest’.
Political reporters have now [...]
