AFGHANISTAN

A woman and her daughter were stoned to death in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Thursday and officials are blaming the Taliban for the gruesome act, according to BBC News.

Millions of people are expected to join the various ceremonies that commemorate Armistice Day which remembers the sacrifice of the war dead, later today.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has named the British soldier who was killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan.

Half of Afghan’s female inmate population have been convicted of “zina” or crimes deemed to be in breach of morality.

One of al Qaeda's commanders in the Sahara has said the group profited from the Libyan conflict by securing weapons and he called on Islamists in Libya not to disarm.

A violent Islamist sect responsible for scores of killings in northeast Nigeria is increasingly linking up with global jihadist movements like al Qaeda, a military commander in the area told Reuters on Monday.

The red poppy flower is a symbol of the remembrance of the dead from the Great War.

Public relations executives employed by the energy industry encouraged their colleagues to study counterinsurgency techniques and noted the effectiveness of veterans trained in psychological operations in the push to win public approval for natural gas drilling.

The wealthy nations attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii may fight over trade, but they've avoided serious armed conflict for decades, and the U.S. Pacific Command aims to keep it that way, even as it copes with budget pressures and a surging China.

The prime ministers of India and Pakistan said on Thursday that their next round of talks should further improve ties between the two countries.

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday said that Ajmal Amir Kasab, who has been sentenced to death for the 2008 Mumbai attack, should be hanged. This could be a new strategy from the side of Pakistan which is trying to change the image it appears to have of a nation following double standards while dealing with the global concern about terrorism.

Veterans Day on Nov. 11, 2011 is around the corner. As the federal holiday draws near, watch videos, read quotes and see photos chronicling the history and ongoing legacy of the U.S. Armed Services, from military desegregation and the aftermath of Vietnam to WWII nurses at the Battle of the Bulge and Iraq war veterans at Occupy Wall Street.

Pakistan is on a clandestine mission of hiding its nuclear arsenal from the Pentagon and is transporting weapons of mass destruction in low-security vans on roads used by civilians, The Atlantic and National Journal report, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.

Prince Harry was reportedly warned off fornication with small town American girls by Mayor Ron Henry of Gila Bend, Ariz. Mayor Henry denies such outlandish claims.

A U.S. Army specialist has been charged with attempted espionage by communicating classified military information to a suspected foreign spy.

American drone strikes in Pakistan have killed hundreds of innocent people, as a result of often having missed their target or hit the wrong one.

A former U.S. Army Ranger arrested during demonstrations in Oakland last week and later hospitalized is reluctant to become the face of protests there, his friends said on Monday.

One year before the presidential election, a new poll shows President Obama beating all his GOP contenders, despite low ratings. Obama falls below expectations in most areas, but is still supported above Republicans. Also, Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party are supported by 50 percent of those polled.

Two months before the Iowa caucus and one year before the presidential elections, a new poll shows President Obama beating all his GOP contenders, despite low ratings and a pervading air of negativity and dissatisfaction in America at large. Obama falls below expectations in most areas, but is still supported above Republicans. Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party are supported by 50 percent of those polled.

Putin and Gilani also reportedly discussed other important topics, including battling against terrorism and extremism.

The ING NYC Marathon took place Sunday, Nov. 6, and was a huge sensation. Thousands of runners participated in one of the most anticipated contests of the year and the premiere event of the New York Road Runners.