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AP - A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically important town in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes.

An Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery is now facing a new punishment of 99 lashes because a British newspaper ran ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban threats, shuttered polling centers and warnings of widespread fraud are clouding hopes for Afghanistan's September 18 parliamentary election, a key test of an already fragile democracy, observers have warned.

FORMER UK Prime Minister Tony Blair as canceled this week's London book signing after antiwar protesters threw eggs and shoes at him during...

AP - In an unusually blunt warning, the U.N. atomic agency said Monday that its monitoring of Iran's nuclear activities is being hampered because Tehran objects to giving some agency inspectors access to its program.

Tony Blair on Monday canceled a planned public appearance in London to promote his new memoir over concerns about potential disruption from ...

LAKKI MARWAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al Qaeda-linked militants.

KABUL, Afghanistan — In a bid to defuse escalating tension at the nation’s largest bank, the chairman of Afghan Central Bank insisted Monday that the embattled Kabul Bank was meeting the demands of its customers “with its own resources,” but at the same time he did not know the amount of money withdrawn over the past few days. Multimedia Related Afghanistan Tries to Help Nation’s Biggest Bank (September 5, 2010) Meanwhile, as security outside the bank remained tight, the frenzied rush of customers trying to empty their savings accounts at its largest branch tapered off slightly on Monday. The Central Bank chairman, Abdul Qudir Fitrat, said that the situation at Kabul...

AP - Mexican authorities opened shelters and warned people to watch out for mudslides Monday as Tropical Storm Hermine approached the northeastern border with Texas, the second major storm to hit the area this season.

A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically important town in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, ...