World Aug 02 Thousands Dead or Homeless From Floods in Pakistan Unusually severe monsoon rains and flash flooding over the weekend left hundreds of Pakistanis dead and even more homeless in the northwest Monday when dams burst and rivers broke their banks, submerging homes and wiping out roads.
World Jul 27 Dispatch: Afghanistan – ‘Security Is Not Enough’ In Kandahar City, Lt. Col. John Voorhees stops his convoy to help an Afghan child who has been hit by a car, which causes him to miss a meeting of elders to discuss the military buildup in Kandahar, reports GlobalPost's…
World Jul 23 Diplomatic Stress Between Colombia and Venezuela Grows In the weeks before Colombia gets a new president, tensions between current President Alvaro Uribe and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez reached a breaking point this week when Chavez cut diplomatic ties with its neighbor over renewed accusations he is coddling Colombian…
World Jul 21 U.S. Officials Visit South Korea in Show of Support Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates toured the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone splitting the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday during a visit to South Korea aimed at showing U.S. support.
World Jul 20 ‘Dispatch: Afghanistan’ Tracks Counterinsurgency Campaign Our partners at GlobalPost have a team of reporters on the ground in Afghanistan this summer, covering Afghan and U.S. military activities during this crucial point in the war.
World Jul 16 Photos: Inside Guantanamo’s Prison With the number of detainees at the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, steadily shrinking, military personnel there say the release of the prisoners is having a positive impact on those who remain.
World Jul 15 Iranian Nuclear Scientist Returns Home, but Questions Remain Nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who claims he was abducted by the CIA a year ago, abruptly returned to his home in Iran on Thursday. U.S. officials have denied his claims. And plenty of questions remain about the whole story behind…
World Jul 12 Accused Terrorist Khadr Boycotts ‘Unjust’ Trial GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba | The long road to trial for Omar Khadr, who was arrested eight years ago in Afghanistan at age 15 for allegedly throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier, took another twist Monday when he decided…
World Jul 08 Somali Government Urged to End Use of Child Soldiers A report from Somalia's capital Mogadishu describes how children, as young as 9, are carrying assault rifles and operating checkpoints for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government.
World Jul 07 Slide Show: Somalia’s Battle Scars Somalia has suffered from nearly two decades of civil war, piracy and now fighting between government forces and an Islamist rebel group called al-Shabab.