Iraq car bomb kills 12, dozens wounded

A car bomb exploded in a livestock market in Iraq's southern Babil province on Thursday, killing 12 people and wounding 40, police said.

Morocco convicts 18 in Casablanca terror trial

A Moroccan court convicted 18 people over a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks in Casablanca six years ago that left 45 dead.

Taliban kill 'US spy' as a gift to Obama

Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan in Pakistan's lawless tribal region after accusing him of spying for the United States, police said on Thursday.

Pakistan court bars opposition leader from office

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday barred opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from elected office, raising the prospect of bitter political conflict.

Freed Guantánamo detainee says US behind his torture

Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held at Guantánamo Bay for more than four years, was released and put on a plane to home on Monday.

Jihad must not cease, al-Qaeda warns Palestinians

Al-Qaeda's No. 2 warned Palestinians in Gaza against accepting a truce with Israel in an audio message posted on extremist websites.

Obama sends warning to al-Qaeda, Taliban

United States President Barack Obama has vowed to prevent al-Qaeda from operating "with impunity" in Afghanistan.

Iraqis vote behind barbed wire

Iraqis voted behind barbed wire and rings of police on Saturday in an election that tested the war-battered country's fragile security gains.

Gates: US missile strikes in Pakistan to continue

President Barack Obama is retaining a powerful but controversial US weapon left over from the Bush administration's battle against terrorism.

Taliban kill three in roadside bomb blast

Three civilians were killed in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Friday as government pondered its options for wresting control of the valley from militants.

Obama: al-Qaeda remains 'number one threat' to US

President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday that al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden remain the "number one threat" to US security.

Fear and threats as Ethiopian troops quit Mogadishu

Few Somalis expressed hope on Wednesday after Ethiopian troops quit bases in Mogadishu and Islamist insurgents said they would launch attacks.

Pakistan responds to Indian dossier

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday Pakistan had sent India a response to evidence from the Mumbai attacks.

Iraq bomb kills 23 at election campaign feast

A suicide bomber killed at least 23 people and wounded 72 on Friday at a feast for Sunni Arab electoral candidates and tribal leaders.

Bush talks with Karzai on surprise Afghan visit

President George Bush went into talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday to assure him that the US will stand by the war-torn country.

America is not the country I once knew

America seems much in need of Roosevelt's maxim to stop fearing fear itself. Virtually all comment on the Mumbai massacre has mentioned 9/11.

US sharpens focus on South Asia's Gordian Knot

The outgoing Bush administration was always going to leave president-elect Barack Obama with the problem of what to do about Pakistan.

Rice flies to India to ease tension with Pakistan

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was due in New Delhi on Wednesday as part of intense US efforts to ease tension between India and Pakistan.

Islamist leader calls for pirates to free ships

Insurgent Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys on Tuesday said his group was the only force that could eliminate piracy in the Somali waters.

Deadly drones fuel anti-American feeling in tribal belt

Drones deliver a silent, deadly payload that has proved effective in killing militants, but has also killed civilians when intelligence goes awry.

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