Gates praises troops in southern Afghanistan

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin to push back against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. Read More

Obama keeps U.S. troop withdrawal plan after Iraq poll

President Barack Obama called Iraq's election an "important milestone" on Sunday despite deadly violence, praising Iraqi security forces and repeating his end-2011 goal for removing all U.S. troops from the country. Read More

Pakistani workers killed in Afghanistan attack

Five Pakistani construction workers have been shot dead by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles in southern Afghanistan, officials say. Read More

Karadzic denies Sarajevo, Srebrenica war crimes

Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic Tuesday described the two worst atrocities of the 1992-95 Bosnian war as myths perpetuated by Bosnian Muslims and categorically denied his involvement. Read More

Karadzic defends 'just and holy' Bosnian war

Radovan Karadzic today described the Serb cause in the Bosnian war as "just and holy" at the start of his defence against charges of genocide and other war crimes. Read More

British army chief says combat in Afghanistan is likely to fall off sharply in 2011

The head of Britain's army says conflict in Afghanistan will "trail off" next year, but he expects Western nations to continue helping the country's government with development and security for decades. Read More

Darfur rebels say attacked by army, war not over

A Darfur rebel group accused the Sudanese army on Thursday of attacking its positions on the same day that the president declared the Darfur war over, and aid workers said 100,000 people had fled the surge of fighting. Read More

Rebels, Khartoum Sign Peace Deal To End Darfur Conflict

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and one of two Darfur rebel groups signed a framework ceasefire deal Tuesday in Doha, Qatar in a major step to ending the seven-year conflict in Darfur. Read More

U.S. death toll in Afghanistan hits 1,000: website

The number of American soldiers killed in Afghanistan has reached 1,000, an independent website said on Tuesday, a grim reminder that eight years of fighting has failed to defeat Taliban insurgents. Read More

Afghanistan condemns deadly Nato air strike in Uruzgan

Afghanistan's government has condemned a Nato air strike on a convoy of vehicles in the south of the country, which killed at least 27 civilians. Read More