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About one-fourth of the 3,400 French troops stationed in Afghanistan are scheduled to depart the country by year-end.

Gary Johnson became the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee with an overwhelming majority on Saturday.

Al Qaeda released a new video of American hostage Warren Weinstein begging President Obama for his life in exchange for following demands set by the terrorist organization.

The U.S. is pushing India to cut its imports of Iranian oil. But even as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kolkata on Sunday to discuss the issue along with U.S.-India economic ties, a larger Iranian delegation was simultaneously traveling through New Delhi.

A new report from military officials on Monday stated that Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark, a soldier who died in Afghanistan while talking on Skype with his wife, was not shot despite his wife's claims of bullet holes.

Al Qaeda on Sunday released a video of American hostage Warren Weinstein urging the US government to act upon his abductors' terms or else he would be put to death, the Agence-France Presse (AFP) reported.In the video titled A Message from the Prisoner Warren Weinstein to His President, the former USAID worker was seen seated behind a table as he addressed President Obama: My life is in your hands, Mr. President. If you accept the demands, I live;don't accept the demands, t...

The victory of socialist Francois Hollande in the French Presidential election has posed certain tough challenges to NATO and US President Barack Obama.

An air strike in Yemen Sunday night killed an al Qaeda leader wanted for his role in the deadly suicide attack on the USS Cole in the country's port of Aden in October 2000.

A man dressed in an Afghan National Army uniform opened fire on coalition soldiers Sunday, killing one, NATO said.

The in-laws of Sahar Gul, a 15-year-old Afghan girl, were Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison for the unsavory and barbaric treatment they inflicted on her after she had refused to enter prostitution.

A US drone attack targeting a Taliban militant compound in Pakistan has killed nine people Saturday, Pakistani authorities have alleged.

The game is set to arrive on Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Wii U on Nov. 13, 2012.

Labeled the Sopranos of the Afghanistan war, the Haqqanis have built themselves from what was once a rebel force bent on removing the Russians in the 1980s into a Mafia-like organization dealing in smuggling, extortion, and assassination.

412 British soldiers have died in Afghanistan since the war began in October 2001.

A suspected suicide bombing in Pakistan?s remote Bajaur tribal district in the northwest has killed at least 20 people and wounded at least 45, according to reports.

Mitt Romney assailed the Obama administration for its handling of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's attempted defection, building on his stance that Obama has not pressed China enough on human rights abuses.

Newly released correspondence between Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants illuminate the inner workings of Al Qaeda, touching on topics that include media messaging, the need to unify an increasingly fractured organization and fears that jihadists are alienating other Muslims.

Over one in 10 babies were born prematurely in the U.S. in 2010.

The Recon Scout robot is being dubbed a secret weapon for SWAT Teams and Emergency Service Units across the country.

The security pact signed by US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, which defines America's future role in Afghanistan, doesn't rule out the possibility of drone strikes against insurgent targets in Pakistan even after the withdrawal of US troops in 2014, US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker has said.

A touching video of a father surprising his son while dressed as Captain America went viral, but YouTube viewers aren?t the only ones moved by the reunion. Disney stumbled upon the viral home footage and invited the two to walk the red carpet on Saturday in New York City for a recent premier of ?The Avengers.?