With tensions heightened between India and Pakistan, the top American envoy is calling for Islamabad to show its resolve and to join the international effort to find those responsible for the Mumbai terror attack. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza...
By Daniel Schearf Irbil 22 February 2008 Iraq's central and regional governments have protested the Turkish army's incursion into Iraq to attack Kurdish rebels. Iraqi authorities say military action will not solve the Kurdish rebel problem and have c...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 20 February 2008 The resignation of Cuba's long-time leader, Fidel Castro, has focused attention on Cuba's sometimes controversial relations with Africa. These began with troops and aid to liberation movements and newly ind...
By Joseph Popiolkowski Hong Kong 13 July 2007 North Korea says it wants to hold military talks with the United States, but Washington says any direct talks would only come after an end to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. Joseph Popiolkowski has m...
By Al Pessin Vientiane 20 July 2006 The defense minister of Laos has rejected a proposal to expand military contacts with the United States. The offer was made Thursday in Vientiane by the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, who was on his firs...