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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other governments should call on Syrian ...

New U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday that some NATO allies operating in Libya could see their forces ...

Continued militancy claimed the lives of three more soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force ...

The top U.S. military officer begins a four-day trip to China on Sunday in another sign of warming military ties ...

The United States and other foreign powers are engaged in preliminary taks with the Taliban about a possible ...

CIA chief Leon Panetta told lawmakers Thursday that 1,000 Al-Qaeda fighters are still operating in Iraq and said US ...

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed his "sorrow" to Afghan President Hamid Karzai over recent civilian ...

The transition from a strong US military presence in Iraq to an expanded diplomatic role is "vital" to ensure security ...

- Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie discussed the South China Sea issue with leaders from Indonesia and the ...

Pakistan said it would review counter-terrorism cooperation with the United States as it came under growing domestic ...

Harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding played a role in tracking down Osama bin Laden and should be ...

The United States is using armed Predator drones in Libya to target Muammar Gaddafi`s forces with the approval of ...

A suicide attack ripped through a gathering of tribal elders in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 10 people, ...

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday it would be "unwise" to have coalition forces try to kill Moamer ...

China`s defence budget will rise 12.7 percent in 2011 to 601.1 billion yuan ($91.7 billion), a government spokesman ...