AFGHANISTAN

The military said Wednesday eight American soldiers have been charged in connected with the Oct. 3 death of a fellow soldier in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army said.

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GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke out against the NDAA Bill, claiming it would effectively legalize martial law by letting the military arrest and detain anyone it wants to without any repercussions.

Britain’s combat role in the country would cease by the end of 2014.

Pakistan has officially protested, with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), against a NATO attack on its military outposts that resulted in the death of 25 soldiers, terming it a gross violation of the United Nations Charter.

Iranian state television on Sunday aired what it described as the confession of an Iranian man detained for spying for the CIA.

The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty.

A boat carrying illegal immigrants heading for Australia sank off the coast of East Java in Indonesia and over 300 people were missing with many feared dead, a senior emergency official said.

Rick Santorum is struggling to convince Republicans that he is a viable all-around candidate and not just a stalwart social conservative. Here are his positions on a wide range of topics, from social issues to the economy to foreign policy.

Iranian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested an Iranian caught spying for the United States, the Islamic Republic's latest claim of success in a spying war with Washington.

The NDAA Bill 2012 contains language that allows the Pentagon to wage cyberwar against any domestic enemies of the state, including activists and independent news outlets.

Despite some bellicose statements about Iran, if former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's past statements are to be believed, the primary threat facing the U.S. isn't a foreign adversary but the gradual imposition of Islamic Sharia law in America.

Congress Thursday approved a defense bill requiring the military to handle suspected foreign militants allied with al-Qaida, sending it to President Barack Obama for his expected signature.

The Iraq War's end was celebrated at Baghdad International Airport with a few thousand troops on hand for a symbolic ceremony in which the flag of U.S. Forces-Iraq was officially retired, or cased, according to Army tradition. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and several other military leaders, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey and Gen. Lloyd Austin, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, made remarks.

Though he continues to lag in national polls, Rick Perry is launching a massive comeback effort in Iowa, which will hold the nation's first caucuses on Jan. 3. Here is an overview of his positions.

Is the Iran drone real and what does is say about the relationship between the United States and Iran.

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. 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.

The Pakistan Senate has unanimously passed two bills, on Dec. 12, which awards strict punishments to those accused of throwing acid on women.

The U.S. Congress sought to avoid a showdown with the White House over detainee policy in the war against al-Qaeda on Monday, with a panel approving new rules for handling terrorism suspects after adding changes wanted by the administration. Further, the White House said senior officials will not recommend that President Barack Obama veto the bill.

Here's an incongruous image: a Westboro Baptist Church member holding virulently homophobic signs... while wearing a Glee T-shirt.

The young woman, identified only as Gulnaz, has become a symbol of the hundreds of Afghan women who are believed to be languishing in prison.