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NATO showing "restraint" in Afghanistan

NATO troops are displaying "great restraint" in Afghanistan in the face of a wave of violent unrest that left four US ...

NATO probes food after Taliban poison claim

The Taliban claimed Monday it was behind the poisoning of coalition troops` food in eastern Afghanistan as NATO ...

Suicide blast kills six at Afghan airport: Police

At least six people were killed and seven wounded Monday in a suicide car bomb attack at Jalalabad airport in eastern ...

Obama expresses "deep regret" over Koran burning

US President Barack Obama sent Afghan President Hamid Karzai a letter of apology over the burning of copies of the ...

Top US commander says attacking Iran would be premature

The top US military commander said he believed it would be "premature" to take military action against Iran in ...

Xi backs expanding US-China military ties

China`s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping and US defense chiefs agreed on the need for expanding military relations between ...

`Act of war` if Iran closes strait of Hormuz: Romney

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Monday he would consider it an "act of war" if Iran was to shut down ...

US army suicides down, sex assaults up

The Pentagon said Thursday the number of suicides in the US Army fell last year for the first time since 2004, but ...

White House protesters call for Guantanamo closure

Human rights activists, some dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, protested in front of the White House Monday to ...

Foreign minister instructed to communicate with Iraq

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa to communicate with the Iraqi ...

U.S. base in Kyrgystan very dangerous

Kyrgyzstan`s new leader said Thursday it was "very dangerous" for his Central Asian nation to host a US military base ...

Last US base handed to Iraq ahead of pullout

Iraq took control of the last US military base in the country on Friday, a day after US forces formally marked the end ...

US military holds ceremony to end Iraq mission

A flag-lowering ceremony marking the end of the US mission in Iraq was held on Thursday afternoon near Baghdad, nearly ...

Al-Maliki sets off for US ahead of pullout

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki headed to Washington on Sunday, for the first time as leader of a country virtually ...

Iran downs US drone violating eastern airspace: reports

Iran`s military on Sunday shot down a US Army RQ-170 unmanned aerial vehicle after it "briefly violated" Iranian ...