U.S. reverses Afghan drug policy

2009/06/27 09:44:58

TRIESTE, Italy (Reuters) - Washington is to dramatically overhaul its Afghan anti-drug strategy, pha...

U.S. Shifts Strategy to Quell Afghan Opium Drug Trade

2009/06/27 08:56:54

The aim of the new policy: to deprive the Taliban of the tens of millions of dollars in drug revenue...

Israeli soldiers scuffle with activists in West Bank

2009/06/27 08:32:49

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Several people were wounded Saturday in scuffles between Israeli soldi...

Turkey passes law limiting military courts

2009/06/27 08:14:26

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament has passed legislation aimed at meeting European Union memb...

N. Korea Threatens to Shoot Down Intruding Japanese Planes

2009/06/27 05:16:41

North Korea threatened Saturday to shoot down any Japanese planes that intrude into its airspace, ac...

Karzai Invites Taliban to Vote in Afghan Election

2009/06/27 03:48:30

President Hamid Karzai is calling on Taliban and other militants to "vote for the president they wan...

Israel Protests Opening of Parking Lot on Sabbath

2009/06/27 03:29:54

In a major standoff near City Hall, several hundred Orthodox protesters in traditional black suits h...

Iraqi PM: Country Ready to Take Over Its Own Security

2009/06/27 02:30:41

Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that the full withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from cities and t...

Thailand's "red shirts" rally again in Bangkok

2009/06/27 09:33:05

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of "red shirt" supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinaw...

Northern Ireland's paramilitaries dump arsenal

2009/06/27 08:53:53

BELFAST (Reuters) - Pro-British paramilitary forces said on Saturday they had completed a major mile...

Iraq PM says forces can handle security without U.S.

2009/06/27 08:28:39

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Saturday that the withdrawal of U.S. c...

Pakistan bombs Taliban in Waziristan, 5 shot in Karachi

2009/06/27 07:28:22

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani warplanes killed at least a dozen Taliban fighters on Saturday,...

5 Militants Killed in Shootout in South Pakistan

2009/06/27 03:52:20

Police killed five suspected militants Saturday in a nighttime raid on a Karachi apartment housing i...

Poland's First Gay Rabbi Settles Despite Community Strife

2009/06/27 03:41:11

Many complain that it would weaken an already small and fragile community....

Iraq Nursing Program Crosses Social Barriers

2009/06/27 03:07:31

A U.S. State Department reconstruction team is funding the Pink Program in Saqlawiyah, Iraq, trainin...