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Gates says U.S. won't 'rush for the exits' in Afghanistan
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today there will be no “rush for the exits” by the United States in Afghanistan, attempting to ease concerns after Germany warned that pulling too many Americans out of the 10-year war could risk NATO's strategy.
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Mladic's son says war-crimes suspect had 2 strokes, can barely speak
Ratko Mladic's son says the war-crimes suspect suffered two strokes while on the run, has a partially paralyzed right hand and can barely speak.
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Pakistan Taliban fighters hold bin Laden memorial
An intelligence official and local tribal chief say several hundred Taliban fighters held a memorial service for Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's tribal region.
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Obama to announce security team shuffle today
The White House says President Barack Obama will make personnel announcements this afternoon, and officials tell The Associated Press the president will unveil a major shuffling of his national security team.
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AP sources: Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA
Administration sources say President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief's job.
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Bomb blast kills 3 policemen in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Fighting has escalated in eastern Afghanistan as Afghan and coalition forces step up their attacks on insurgents along the Pakistan border and militants retaliate with attacks on pro-government forces, including a bomb blast today that killed three Afghan policemen.
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Giffords' husband 'pretty hopeful' she can attend shuttle launch
Space shuttle commander Mark Kelly is still awaiting doctors' final OK on whether his congresswoman wife can attend his launch in just under three weeks.
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UPDATE: Libyan rebels close on key Gadhafi stronghold
RAS LANOUF, Libya — Libya's rebel forces closed in today on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, the gateway to the western half of the country after it was targeted for the first time by international air strikes.
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Yemen's parliament gives president emergency powers
Yemen's parliament enacted sweeping emergency laws today after the country's embattled president asked for new powers of arrest, detention and censorship to quash a popular uprising demanding his ouster.
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UPDATE: U.S. jet crashes in Libya; fighting rages in cities
The U.S. military says an Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle has crashed in Libya but it was not shot down.
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Yemen's embattled leader says he'll step down by year's end
Yemen's embattled U.S.-backed president pledged to step down more than a year early but refused to immediately resign today, infuriating tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding his ouster.
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U.S. missiles kill more than 30 militants in Pakistan
U.S. unmanned aircraft fired four missiles into a building where suspected militants were meeting today, killing more than 30 of them in an unusually deadly strike close to the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
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UPDATE: 4 New York Times journalists missing in Libya
Four New York Times journalists covering the fighting in Libya were reported missing Wednesday, and the newspaper held out hope that they were alive and in the custody of the Libyan government.
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Petraeus backs U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan insists the military can boost Afghan security forces to fight the Taliban, begin a troop drawdown this summer and fulfill President Barack Obama's goal of a long-term partnership with the Kabul government.
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UPDATE: Discovery completes its final voyage
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery is back on Earth from its final voyage.
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New Zealand earthquake toll at 75 dead, 300 missing
Hundreds of troops, police and emergency workers raced against time and aftershocks that threatened to collapse more buildings.
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UPDATE: 'Egypt is Free,' crowds chant after Mubarak quits
Cries of "Egypt is free" rang out and fireworks lit up the sky as hundreds of thousands danced, wept and prayed in joyful pandemonium after 18 days of peaceful pro-democracy protests forced President Hosni Mubarak to surrender power to the military, ending three decades of authoritarian rule.
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Mubarak won't run again, rejects stepping down now
Televised address caps a dramatic day in which a quarter-million protesters called on Egyptian leader to go.
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UPDATE: Egyptian military promises no force against protests
Egypt's military promised Monday not to fire on any peaceful protests and said it recognized "the legitimacy of the people's demands" ahead of a demonstration in which organizers aim to bring a million Egyptians to the streets to press for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
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Petraeus says 2011 'likely to be tough' for forces in Afghanistan
The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan says in an assessment of the war that the military has "made impressive progress" in 2010 but that 2011 is "likely to be tough" as forces work to expand security.
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Roadside bomb kills 13 civilians in Afghanistan
A motorized rickshaw packed with civilian passengers struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan today, triggering a blast that killed all 13 people in the vehicle.
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'Band of Brothers' inspiration dies at 92
Richard "Dick" Winters was the Easy Company commander whose World War II exploits were made famous in the book and TV miniseries.
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Ariz. shooting targets congresswoman, kills 6
Arizona Rep. Giffords critically wounded; 12 others hurt. Judge, congressional aide and child among those slain.
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Mullen says Pakistan can shut down Taliban hideouts
The top U.S. military officer says Pakistani military could shut down Taliban hideouts on its soil to prevent insurgents from moving back and forth across the long, porous Afghan-Pakistan border.
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U.S. blacklists Afghan security firm tied to Karzai
The U.S. military is cutting ties with an Afghan security firm run by relatives of President Hamid Karzai that has been accused of bribing both government officials and Taliban commanders, according to documents obtained Thursday.
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