AFGHANISTAN

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry will receive the Medal of Honor -- the nation's highest military honor -- for his courageous actions in Afghanistan. Despite being wounded, Sgt. Petry threw a live grenade away from his fellow soldiers during combat, losing his right hand.

Yousuf Raza Gilani telephoned Karzai to deliver his condolences for his loss, although relations between the two South Asian neighbors have been strained over accusations of cross-border attacks by militants.

Taliban has claimed responsibility for killing Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother Ahmad Wali Karzai and also named the assassin as Sardar Ahmad, Voice of Russia reported, quoting the spokesman of the militant group.

In a bid to obtain DNA from Osama bin Laden's family, the CIA organized a fake vaccination program in the town where the al-Qaida leader was believed to be hiding.

The controversial Westboro Baptist Church will picket the memorial of former first lady Betty Ford, who died Friday at age 93.

Mila Kunis announced today on Fox411 that she will accompany the U.S. Marine who invited her via YouTube to his Marine Corps. Ball this November.

Kunis' date is a Marine stationed in Afghanistan who invited her via YouTube

Mila Kunis has accepted an invitation from a marine via YouTube to accompany him to the Marine Corps Ball this November.

The recent decision of the United States to withhold $800 million military aid to Pakistan further embitters the already strained relations between the two countries and may put an end to the military cooperation between them.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says America is close to defeating Al Qaeda in the war against the terrorist group that's been fought for a decade.

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A private investigator used by News of the World who allegedly paid police for information regarding stories, was arrested in Surrey Friday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday called for a new investigation into the News of the World and tighter regulations of the press after police arrested his former communications director.

Rupert Murdoch is putting a stop to the bleeding by closing the disgraced News of the World, Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper.

James Murdoch announces that blighted tabloid News of the World will close for good.

After public outrage over the hacking of a missing 13-year old girl's voice mail, Rupert Murdoch has finally pulled the plug on British tabloid News of the World.

News of the World, the 168 year old British tabloid will end it’s run on Sunday, the company said Thursday.

The British public is demanding justice after popular tabloid magazine News of the World was found hacking the cell phones of the dead.

amas authorities in Gaza have arrested a male hairdresser for cutting a woman's hair, according to a report on BBC.

It's highly unlikely that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will replace U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the 2012 Democratic Party presidential ticket, but sometimes is U.S. presidential politics, the unexpected occurs.

In yet another example of unexpected cross-cultural phenomena, it turns out that one of the biggest idols in Afghanistan is none other than ex-movie star and ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.