US: More foreign troops certain in new Afghan plan

By SLOBODAN LEKIC

A top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops from both the United States and allied nations.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:45 am

Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims

By BRIAN SKOLOFF and ANGELA K. BROWN

A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:40 am

Tropical storm warning issued for Grand Cayman Island as Ida gains strength over Caribbean.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:40 am

Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander

By BEN STOCKING

On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming _ as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:40 am

Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and ANTONIO GONZALEZ

Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company …

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:35 am

Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban

By CHRIS BRUMMITT

Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders _ and tattoos _ exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:35 am

Iran: 109 detained at opposition rally

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

Iranian police have detained 109 people for "disturbing public order" during an opposition rally this week, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:25 am

Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says that Moscow and Washington can sign a new nuclear arms control deal before year's end.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:20 am

UN: About 200 staff to be pulled from Afghanistan

The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:15 am

Britain urges steps to insure financial system

By JANE WARDELL

Britain called Saturday for consideration of a tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:10 am

Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers

By ELENA BECATOROS

Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:05 am

Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive

By ASIF SHAHZAD

Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:00 am

Rival Lebanon factions agree on unity government

By BASSEM MROUE

Lebanon's Syrian-backed factions finally agreed on a unity government proposed by their pro-Western rivals on Saturday, ending a four-month deadlock in the deeply divided country.

New Nov 07, 2009 | 6:00 am

Russia's Medvedev: Sanctions against Iran possible

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

Russia could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program, President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.

Nov 07, 2009 | 5:45 am

Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line

By HEIDI VOGT

Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.

Nov 07, 2009 | 5:30 am

Both sides set to vote on Philly transit contract

By PATRICK WALTERS

Members of Philadelphia's largest transit union and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are set to vote on a contract to end the strike that has idled buses, subways and trolleys for five days.

Nov 07, 2009 | 5:20 am

Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether.

Nov 07, 2009 | 5:20 am

Uncle: Fort Hood suspect loved US

The Palestinian uncle of Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan says his nephew loved America and wanted to serve his country.

Nov 07, 2009 | 5:20 am

Navy ship built with WTC steel to go into service

By VERENA DOBNIK

The Navy is commissioning its newest battleship with a bow forged from steel that once held up the World Trade Center.

Nov 07, 2009 | 5:15 am