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Finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and rolling back a resurgent Taliban are necessary steps toward winning the war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there told a Senate committee Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Though largely contained, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb poses a unique threat to North Africa that requires international attention, a scholar says.
Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the mystery of the elusive terrorist's whereabouts.
Naples —Leslie Gelb is an expert on U.S. foreign policy and national security.But the Pulitzer Prize winning former corresponded for the New York Times and senior state official in the State and Defense Departments wasn’t interested in doing much of the talking on Tuesday morning at Seacrest Country Day School.Instead, he wanted to know what Seacrest high school students were interested in.“I ...
Dick Cheney has ratcheted up his criticism of President Obama again, calling the decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in New York a "huge mistake.".
Al-Qaeda's north African branch claimed the kidnappings of a Frenchman and three Spaniards, seized late last month in Mali and Mauritania, in an audio tape released Tuesday by Al-Jazeera television.
If that happens you still have have mop-up operations.
Tiger Woods has spent most of his life inside that bubble of sterility known as the country club. His calling since age 5 has been playing a game in an arranged landscape where even the obstacles are fake.
A missile strike from a US drone aircraft killed three suspected militants in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt early Tuesday, security and intelligence officials said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Afghan strategy announced by U.S. President Barack Obama calling for a troop surge of 30,000 has until July 2011 to run its course before any likely start of a troop drawdown, but its impact on Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan is already perceptible.
Aftermath of wild drive has Tiger Woods' image in hazard
Defense Secretary Robert Gates conceded Sunday that it's been "years" since the U.S. government has known where Al Qaeda mastermind Osama Bin Laden is hiding.
Challenged on whether the surge timeline is "truly dependent on conditions on the ground," the top commander in Afghanistan told a House panel Tuesday that if more troops are needed, he will request them.
A lot of news happens in a decade, and as we prepare to close this one, there will be plenty of lists about the top stories from the last 10 years. This is not one of those lists. These are the stories you told us you were interested in … by searching for them. From the gravely serious to the supremely silly, we present a decade of news you couldn't get enough of.
Associated Press - December 8, 2009 9:35 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says trying suspected Sept. 11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med)...
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, The Top U.S. Military Commander In Afghanistan, Told The House Armed Services Committee Tuesday The Next 18 Months Will Be 'Critical' In The War In That Country.
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