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U.S.-led offensive gets under way in southern Afghanistan
KABUL — A U.S.-led force unleashed a major offensive in southern Afghanistan early Saturday, with thousands of Marines, together with Afghan and British soldiers, going into battle against a Taliban stronghold, according to reports...
54 Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed in Baghdad suicide bombing
BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber detonated a vest rigged with explosives among a crowd of Shiite Muslim pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad...
Afghans, Pakistanis voice doubts about U.S. strategy
KABUL — Afghans and Pakistanis on Wednesday greeted...
Defying U.N., Afghans to keep fraud-marred polling centers
KABUL, Afghanistan — In a rebuff to the United Nations, an...
13 Sunni men, boys reported slain in Iraq
BAGHDAD — In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's...
U.S. begins Mideast push for ideas on Iranian solution
CAIRO, Egypt — The top U.S. military officer and the secretary of state kicked off a series of visits throughout the Middle East Sunday, reaching out to the Arab world as the Obama administration pushes for tougher sanctions against Iran and its nuclear ambitions...
Supertanker seized off coast of Somalia
LONDON — A supertanker bound from Saudi Arabia to New...
Talks between North, South Korea collapse
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean negotiators on Wednesday walked out on a second day of talks between Pyongyang and Seoul...
Israeli officials consider new probe into Gaza Strip assault
JERUSALEM — Even as it defended its handling of last year's military offensive in the Gaza Strip...
