A US commander in Afghanistan apparently sent "inappropriate" emails to a woman linked to the sex scandal involving ex-CIA director David Petraeus.
The plot surrounding the shock resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus thickened on Sunday.
The man ordered by al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch to blow up an airplane was apparently a US agent who infiltrated the group and volunteered for the attacks.
Nearly a year after a US raid killed Osama bin Laden, his core al-Qaeda network in Pakistan is "essentially gone" say US intelligence officials.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel is ready to act with "great force" in response to a spate of rocket fire by Gaza militants.
The defence chiefs of the United States and China on Monday sought to play down a growing military rivalry between the two countries.
