Pakistani fighter jets bombed a village in South Waziristan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, said military officials and a local Taliban leader. Among those killed in Gorgoray was the father of militant commander Nur Wali, said Ahmed Ullah, a Taliban leader in Razmak, North Waziristan
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Pakistani military jets strike Taliban targets
Pakistani military jets bombed Taliban militant hideouts Tuesday in the country’s lawless tribal region, a senior military official told CNN.
Hottest Heads of State
If you thought Barack Obama was the hottest world leader out there, think again. Because the King of Bhutan is sooo dreamy
Power vacuum fuels vicious drug war
A young man with tattoos covering one arm rolls hundreds of marijuana joints in the half-light of a shack, perched on a hillside in a Medellin slum. A 9mm pistol and a .38 revolver lie on his work bench.
Israel calls talks with U.S. Mideast envoy ‘useful’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with the top U.S. envoy to the Middle East on Friday was “useful and constructive,” the Israeli leader’s office said.
Myanmar allows Suu Kyi to meet diplomats
Myanmar’s military junta allowed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Friday with three diplomats — from the United States, Britain and Australia, according to her spokesman and a government official.
Colombian president sees ‘signs of corruption’ in rebel prison break
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Thursday demanded that his ministers of the interior and defense get to the bottom of how a jailed top rebel leader escaped in the northeastern city of Arauca, Colombia. Gustavo Anibal Giraldo Quinchia, also known by his alias, “Pablito,” was freed Wednesday morning when a group of gunmen presumed to be rebels attacked a convoy transporting the prisoner to a court hearing
Exiled Myanmar activist backs sanctions
An activist exiled from Myanmar called for the government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and urged the U.S. to continue sanctions against it
Borger: Republicans don’t really want to work with Obama
In my next life, I’d like to be an opposition party leader.
Obama, congressional leaders to meet on Afghan war
President Obama will meet with top congressional leaders from both parties Tuesday to discuss the war in Afghanistan, according to two Democratic officials.