AFGHANISTAN

In Myanmar's new war on drugs, meet the weapon of mass destruction: the weed-whacker. It has dramatically accelerated a campaign to eradicate opium poppies.

Given that Pakistan has extensive experience with nuclear weapons technology, is it conceivable that they would offer any assistance with Iran’s embryonic atomic project?

Mitt Romney and Ron Paul have proven their friendship on the campaign trail, but would Romney-Paul 2012 be a strong ticket?

A member of the Pakistan Taliban, Fazal Saeed, took responsibility for the bombing.

In a curt five-minute statement at the Bellevue presidential palace, Wulff said he had lost the trust of the German people, making it impossible to continue in a role that is meant to serve as a moral compass for the nation.

The U.S. military needed a better way to kill flies on the battlefield and researchers think they found it: use blue.

The United States and Afghanistan have begun laying the groundwork for peace talks with the Taliban, multiple outlets have reported.

The Afghan Taliban rejected on Thursday claims by President Hamid Karzai that the U.S. and Afghan governments had begun exploratory three-way talks with the Islamist group aimed at reaching a peace deal to end the 10-year Afghan war

Indian parents pressure their children to succeed in academics and to shun 'frivolous' pursuits like sports, arts and music

Thai investigators believe they have found a link between this week's bomb blasts in Bangkok and New Delhi, a senior security official said on Wednesday, two of three botched attacks Israel has blamed on Iran.

One frequent criticism of the Occupy movement was its lack of coherence in formulating demands. Today, the 99 Percent Declaration puts an end to those assertions.

Sean’s father Oliver is Jewish, while his mother is Christian.

India's determination to pursue trade with Iran despite Western sanctions could be undermined as wary exporters back away from fresh deals following a bomb attack in New Delhi blamed on Tehran, a trade association chief said on Tuesday.

Straws in the wind indicate that a non-war option does not hold much water in the current situation. Obviously there are two non-war options, but both look disappointingly implausible. They are: 1) Iran should retreat from its nuclear enrichment process and activities the West alleges are intended to make an N-bomb and 2) Israel, the West and Iran's pathological foes in the Arabian Gulf should live with a nuclear Iran. Both of these options are impractical.

An Israeli diplomatic vehicle was attacked today in New Delhi, injuring four, including the wife of an Israeli defense representative working at the Embassy. The perpetrator reportedly used the same method of attack - detonating an explosive device that had been attached magnetically to the vehicle.

Moreover, it’s not clear exactly when and how he died.

The Pentagon's fiscal 2013 budget plan calls for the spending of $178.8 billion to develop and buy new warships, fighter jets, and other major weapons, a 7.5 percent drop from the level initially projected for the coming year.

The United Nations-backed survey, Buried in Bricks: Rapid Assessment of Bonded Labour in Afghan Brick Kilns, found that workers and their families are tied to a kiln as they have to repay the loans which they often take for basic necessities, medical expenses, weddings and funerals.

Turkmenistan votes on Sunday in a one-sided election certain to extend the rule of President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov over a Central Asian country holding 4 percent of global natural-gas reserves, which rights groups rank among the world's most repressive.

On Friday, Mohammed Wali Zazi, 56, and a U.S. citizen from Afghanistan, was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for destroying evidence and lying to investigators to cover up his son’s bomb plot. The father was originally supposed to face up to 40 years in jail. According to the Huffington Post, Mohammed Wali Zazi’s attorneys argued that Zazi was only trying to protect his family, and that he had no idea what his son had planned.

U.S. overspending on the military has diverted resources from civilian / social investments, including public goods, weakening the U.S. economy, and, by extension, weakening the nation.