AFGHANISTAN

Lawyers for the family of a man killed in a U.S. drone attack in Pakistan said they would begin legal action against Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday, accusing him of complicity in strikes they say broke international laws.

A U.S. Army sergeant killed at least 16 civilians, nine of them children, in southern Aghanistan before dawn Sunday in the latest outrage to threaten U.S.-Afghan relations, Afghan and American officials said.

Conflicting reports surround the killing of 15 Afghan civilians in Kandahar province this weekend.

The soldier, whose identity has not yet been revealed, reportedly turned himself into military authorities.

A U.S. soldier was detained at a NATO base in Afghanistan for shooting and killing Afghan civilians Sunday, said the provincial governor Tooryalai Wesa.

A U.S. soldier in Afghanistan is believed to have killed at least three Afghan civilians after leaving his base in Kandahar province, the BBC reported. Following the incident, the soldier surrendered to U.S. military authorities, the BBC said.

Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gilani named a new general to head country's top spy agency, Inter Intelligence Service (ISI), Friday.

The United States will hand over the control of all prisons in Afghanistan to Afghan security forces within six months.

Violent assault in the form of acid attack is most common in many countries. According to Wikipedia, these attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and a few other countries. According to statistics, 80 percent of victims of these acid attacks are female and almost 70 percent are under 18 years of age.

On the occasion of the International Women's Day on March 8, 2012, the U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama along with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed and honored 10 women from across the globe with the International Women of Courage Awards.

The Army suicide rate has increased by 80 percent since 2004, according to a new study.

Reports indicate that some of bin Laden's family members were fearful one of his wives would rat him out to American forces, while the three wives who were arrested from his Abbottabad compound are being put on trial in Pakistan.

International Women's Day celebrations in 2012 -- a year that has already been permanently marked by social movements, elections and crises -- have taken a political and, in some cases sombre, tone in many countries.

The British Warrior vehicle was traveling over unpaved roads in the Nar-e-Saraj area of the province, where British troops have been training local police officers and security forces for about a year.

Six British soldiers went missing in Afghanistan after their armored vehicle hit a landmine in the dangerous southern Helmand province. They're believed to be dead.

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, spoke to supporters in Fargo, N.D., as results began coming in from Super Tuesday primaries. Get a transcript of his rousing speech here, and watch video of his appearance in North Dakota. The cause of liberty is on a roll, let me tell you that, Paul said. Tonight we're going to send a very loud message to the rest of the country.

The FBI is offering an up to $1 million reward for anyone with information that will lead to the safe return of missing retired FBI special agent Bob Levinson, five years after Levinson vanished from Kish Island in Iran.

A member of the elite Special Forces unit the Green Beret, who returned from his fifth deployment to Afghanistan, died on Tuesday after trying to rescue his two daughters from a blazing house fire. His young girls were also killed.

Navy and the Marine Corps personnel will soon be expected to undergo more frequent Breathalyzer tests when they report for duty, following a Monday announcement. The measure is part of a broader program called the 21st Century Sailor and Marine initiative.

As rescue teams frantically dug for survivors the death toll is expected to rise.

Attorney General Eric Holder supplied the legal justification Monday for the decision to kill American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki , rebutting criticism that the view of executive power held by President Barack Obama's administration is overly broad.