AFGHANISTAN

Coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons is closing its Kandahar outlet after five years in the war zone, shuttering its store on a Canadian military base as the country's troops leave Afghanistan.

Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, has been accused of flip-flopping on a number of issues. So what are his political positions?

Alyse Bradley, the 21-year-old wife of Kyle Bradley, was so fed up with her gamer husband and his obsessive Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and neglect to give her attention that she attempted to sell him on Craigslist to the highest bidder.

Dalton also conceded that NATO made some mistakes in its Afghan campaign, some of which resulted in the deaths of civilians

Pakistan appointed a former information minister and human rights campaigner as its ambassador to the U.S. States Wednesday, moving quickly to fill a post left vacant after tension between the civilian government and military.

Ron Paul, R-Texas, a libertarian congressman, has gained popularity recently among likely Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. Here are his positions on the issues.

Republicans faced off in a national security-themed debate at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. and broadcast on CNN. The gathering did little to change the dynamic of a race that has seen a carousel of candidates tested as a possible better-option to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

At the CNN National Security Debate in Washington, D.C., Romney, Huntsman and Paul proved themselves the strongest GOP candidates, while Bachmann and Perry barely squeaked by and Cain and Santorum were left floundering. Here, read the top quotes of the night, and get a full rundown of the Republican candidates' performances.

May no soldier go unloved is the slogan used by the non-profit, volunteer-led organization Soldiers Angels that has been assisting families of veterans and veterans deployed, wounded and moving back into society. These volunteers are mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters of soldiers, as well as regular Americans who know the sacrifices our military makes to keep all of us safe.

Rock music icons The Beatles and the British Parliament had to be content with relatively low positions on the list; the system of monarchy came in sixth, with 68 percent of the votes. However, the royal family itself dropped off the final list.

A video game ruined their married life. Well, almost.

The mother of an alleged al-Qaeda sympathizer, Jose Pimentel, who was planning an attack to kill United States military officials returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, expressed her apologies and was shocked and saddened about her son's arrest.

Hollywood's rising star, Mila Kunis, has kept her words to Sgt. Scott Moore by attending Marine Corps Ball in Greenville, North Carolina, on the night of Nov. 18.

Footage of Iraq vet Kayvan Sabeghi beaten by police at Occupy Oakland has recently been released by The Guardian.

According to reports by the WORLD Health Organisation, there has been a four-fold increase in polio cases in Nigeria.

Jose Pimentel, 27, a Manhattan man, had been arrested for allegedly plotting to attack U.S. military personnel, police patrol cars and post offices with homemade pipe bombs in the New York metro area.

The NYPD arrested a homegrown lone wolf terror suspect on Saturday, who is charged with plotting to use pipe bombs that he was allegedly building in his Manhattan apartment to kill U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday night.

Mila Kunis made a Marine's YouTube wish come true on Friday night, when the actress kept her promise to be his date at the Marine Corps Ball in Greenville, North Carolina.

U.S. overspending on the military has diverted resources from civilian / social investments, weakening the economy, and, by extension weakening the nation. If it doesn’t substantially cut defense spending, the U.S.’s empire will likely share the fate of two other empires that overspent on the military -- the British Empire and the Soviet Union.

Actress Mila Kunis accompanied Sgt. Scott Moore to the Marine Corps Ball in Greenville, North Carolina Friday following a YouTube invitation sent this summer.

U.S. presidential hopeful Herman Cain believes the Taliban is involved in the new Libyan government, the candidate indicated Friday.