After Obama’s green light, Afghan forces on the offensive
By LYNNE O’DONNELL After two years of heavy casualties, the Afghan military is trying to retake the initiative in the war against militants with a new offensive against Islamic State…
Troop withdrawals
Debaltseve under rebel control, Cossack fighters celebrate
By PETER LEONARD and DALTON BENNETT Rebel fighters, many of them Cossacks, roamed the streets of Debaltseve on Thursday, a day after Ukrainian forces began withdrawing from the besieged town.…
France to pull 1,200 troops from Central African Republic
ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRCRAFT CARRIER (AP) — France’s president says the country will withdraw 1,200 troops from the Central African Republic by autumn now that U.N. peacekeepers are…
UN WITHDRAWS IRAN INVITATION TO SYRIA TALKS
By CARA ANNA Jordanian Foreign Minister and President of the United Nations Security Council Nasser Judeh , right, listens to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a meeting of the United…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION ISSUES ULTIMATUM ON PEACE TALKS
By BASSEM MROUE and LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, A Free Syrian Army fighter stands next to a painting on a piece of…
US, Afghans work toward agreement on night raids
By KATHY GANNON and AMIR SHAH An Afghan policeman stands at attention as his commander passes by at a checkpoint overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Security in the…
Iraqi PM: US aid needed to battle al-Qaida
By LARA JAKES Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, walks with the House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., right, and the committee’s chairman Rep. Ed Royce,…
AFGHAN PRESIDENT SAYS US SECURITY DEAL NOT READY
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Karzai says disagreements over…