Uzbekistan is using torture -- both physical and psychological – on prisoners.
Palash Ghosh
Dec 13, 2011
Iran denied a U.S. request to return a surveillance drone captured by Iranian forces while on a CIA spying mission, saying the country should first apologize for violating Islamic Republic airspace.
Elisha Maldonado
Dec 13, 2011
American officials believe homemade weapons made in Pakistan are being used in Afghanistan against U.S. and NATO force
Palash Ghosh
Dec 13, 2011
Panetta is heralding what now appears to be an improving security situation in Afghanistan.
Palash Ghosh
Dec 13, 2011
The grenade and gun attack in Liege, Belgium Tuesday has sparked chaos and confusion in the city: who is responsible? First theories suggest either Islamic fundamentals or escaped convicts.
Daniel Tovrov
Dec 13, 2011
Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi has asked the U.S. to apologize to Iran for the recent drone invasion.
Sreeja VN
Dec 13, 2011
A U.S. Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances that it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ties further.
Raymond Ronamai
Dec 13, 2011
A crisis in U.S.-Pakistan relations looked set to deepen Monday night after a House-Senate negotiating panel froze $700 million in aid until Pakistan gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of improvised explosive devices in the region.
Eric Linton
Dec 13, 2011
Ron Paul's 2012 presidential aspirations are hurt by his foreign policy stance. Or so say the polls.
Hao Li
Dec 12, 2011
The deputy commander of the Pakistan Taliban, who have been waging a four-year war against the government in Islamabad, confirmed the two sides were in peace talks, a move that could further fray the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.
J.J. McGrath
Dec 10, 2011
The family of a retired FBI agent named Robert Levinson who has been missing since 2007 and thought to have been kidnapped in Iran has released a hostage video of an alive, but not well, Levinson begging for help.
Nadine DeNinno
Dec 09, 2011
A senior Pakistani military officer said a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops on the border with Afghanistan last month was pre-planned, newspapers reported Friday, comments likely to fuel tension with the United States.
Eric Linton
Dec 09, 2011
Iran state television showed the first video footage of the RQ-170 Sentinel that supposedly belongs to the United States and was brought down ealier this week.
Daniel Tovrov
Dec 08, 2011
Al-Shabab, the Islamist rebel group in Somalia with al-Qaida ties, became the latest
Daniel Tovrov
Dec 08, 2011
Jon Huntsman, who continues to lag in national polls but has staked his campaign on a strong finish in New Hampshire, came out on Thursday with a seven-point plan to restore trust in Washington. He cast himself as the only Republican candidate capable of doing so.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 08, 2011
A Persian leopard that was long thought to have been extinct in Afghanistan was recently seen on images from camera traps in the country's central highlands.
Laura Matthews
Dec 07, 2011
The killings have prompted fears that sectarian violence between Shias and Sunni Muslims could erupt in Afghanistan.
Palash Ghosh
Dec 07, 2011
For most of her campaign, Michele Bachmann has made more headlines for her gaffes than for her platform, and her popularity has fallen as a result. But moving past the YouTube clips and headlines, what are the Minnesota congresswoman's political positions?
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 07, 2011
The unmanned U.S. drone Iran said Sunday it had captured was programmed to automatically return to base even if its data link was lost, one key reason that U.S. officials tell Reuters the drone likely malfunctioned and was not downed by Iranian electronic warfare.
Eric Linton
Dec 07, 2011
Twin blasts in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif aimed at Afghanistan's minority Shiite Muslims killed nearly 60 people on Tuesday as they celebrated Ashura, one of their sect's holiest days, signaling, perhaps, a new sectarian turn in what was one of the war's deadliest attacks.
Elisha Maldonado
Dec 06, 2011
Karzai had just attended a summit conference in Germany where’s Afghanistan future and security were being discussed.
Palash Ghosh
Dec 06, 2011
Afghanistan has begun accepting applications to explore and produce gold and copper in four areas, the country's Ministry of Mines said Tuesday.
Mike Obel
Dec 06, 2011