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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 4:30 am ET
Pakistani Taliban have started a guerrilla war against the army and will wage a tough, protracted fight in the insurgents' South Waziristan stronghold, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 1:19 pm ET
A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a market in northwest Pakistan crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban, officials said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 3:38 am ET
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) said Tuesday its regional mobile user base expanded by more than 56 million users over 12 months to the end of September.
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International Herald Tribune - Tue Nov 10, 3:33 am ET
Japan said Tuesday it will dramatically increase its non-military aid for projects including clearing land mines and rehabilitating former Taliban fighters.
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CNN - Mon Nov 9, 5:19 am ET
A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police checkpoint in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing at least three people, police said.
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USA Today - Tue Nov 10, 3:28 am ET
Japan said Tuesday it plans to provide up to $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan, effectively replacing its naval refueling mission that supports U.S.-led coalition in the region in a commitment announced days ahead of President Obama's visit.
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CNN - Mon Nov 9, 4:02 pm ET
New Zealand overcame an unlikely last-wicket century stand to defeat Pakistan by seven runs in the final one-day cricket international in Abu Dhabi and clinch the three-match series 2-1.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 4:39 am ET
A suicide bomber killed three people on Monday in the second attack in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in 24 hours as militants stepped up efforts to avenge a major offensive against the Taliban.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 4:22 am ET
A roadside bomb attack killed four Pakistani soldiers in a Taliban stronghold where troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships are pressing a major operation, officials said Monday.
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WXOW 19 La Crosse - Mon Nov 9, 11:26 am ET
WASHINGTON (WXOW) - Congressman Ron Kind is on his way to Pakistan to get a look at the efforts the US is making against terrorism.
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The Champaign News-Gazette - Mon Nov 9, 11:20 am ET
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – A suicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of policemen in northwest Pakistan's main city of Peshawar on Monday, killing three people, police said. The attack was the latest in a string of strikes that has killed more than 300 people over the past six weeks. The bloodshed appears aimed at distracting the government from its offensive against ...
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The Washington Times - Mon Nov 9, 6:33 am ET
PESHAWAR, Pakistan | A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a market in northwestern Pakistan crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban, officials said. In the heavily guarded capital, police fatally shot another suicide bomber before he was able to detonate his explosives at a checkpoint, an ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 2:14 pm ET
New Zealand survived Mohammad Aamir's explosive half-century to clinch the series against Pakistan with a narrow seven-run victory in the third one-day international here on Monday.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 1:09 am ET
Barack Obama this week makes his first trip to Asia as president, leaving behind a host of domestic problems with a visit that recognizes the region's economic and diplomatic importance to the United States.
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Bloomberg - 2 minutes ago
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev , drawing on his experience of military failure in Afghanistan in the 1980s, said the U.S. can’t win the conflict there and should begin pulling out its soldiers.