last updated 8/22 5:45 PM 8/20 - Shortly after 7:30 pm on Wednesday evening an attack leveled a home owned by Yaqub Mughal near South Waziristan's capital of Wana. While casualty figures are still unclear, it appears that at least eight people were killed. The owner...

Iraq: Stalled measures, killing of Maliki relative strain relations with US Three US "benchmark" proposals -- on opening the Iraqi petroleum industry to foreign investment and participation, holding provincial elections in Iraq, and a continued US military presence in...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened to invade Pakistan Sunday in response to cross-border attacks by Taliban-affiliated Pakistani militants. Meanwhile, more than 1,100 prisoners --- including hundreds of Taliban fighters -- escaped from a Kandahar detention...

Citing terms that compromise his country's sovereignty, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki proclaimed security talks with the US "stalled" on Saturday. Nouri received support from the President Jalal Talabani and a unanimous Political Council on National Security...