World Jan 05 U.N. Aid Group Halts Work in Southern Somalia The U.N. World Food Program announced Tuesday that it is suspending its work in portions of southern Somalia because of threats to its staff and "unacceptable demands" by armed groups.
World Jan 05 Karzai to Send Afghan Parliament New Cabinet Names Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to present parliament with new Cabinet nominees on Saturday, a week after the legislative body vetoed 17 of his 24 picks for the country's top ministerial posts.
World Jan 04 In Yemen, Fears of Growing al-Qaida Presence Yemeni government forces killed two suspected al-Qaida militants on Monday, as U.S. and other embassies remained closed for a second day due to renewed threats by an offshoot terrorist group there.
World Jan 01 Foreign Affairs: Stories We’re Watching in 2010 The United States is heading into a deeper war in Afghanistan/Pakistan and toward a confrontation with Iran, two stories that will likely top the international news agenda for the NewsHour in 2010.
World Jan 01 Suicide Bomber in Pakistan Kills Dozens During Volleyball Match A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car onto a volleyball field in northwest Pakistan on Friday, triggering a blast that killed at least 75 people and wounded dozens more, media outlets reported.
World Dec 31 Five Americans Face Possible Life Sentences on Charges in Pakistan Five American men arrested in Sargodha, Pakistan, in early December face terrorism charges and possible life imprisonment for allegedly trying to train with a militant group linked to al-Qaida, Pakistani police said Thursday.
World Dec 31 CIA Post Chief Among Casualties in Afghanistan Blast CIA Director Leon Panetta said Thursday that seven employees were killed and six others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a vest of explosives at Forward Operating Base Chapman in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
World Dec 30 Author Kati Marton Describes Her Family’s Ordeal When author Kati Marton started digging into the files that the Hungarian secret police kept on her parents, who worked as journalists in Cold War Budapest, she discovered the extent to which the people around them in the 1940s and…
World Dec 23 Somalia, Pakistan Rank Among Top Crises of 2009 When reviewing 2009's humanitarian emergencies, several international aid organizations cited the massive needs of those displaced by fighting in places such as Somalia and Pakistan, and growing obstacles to accessing those in need of help.
World Dec 23 Gunmen in Mexico Kill Sailor’s Family in Apparent Revenge Attack Last week, a Mexican sailor, Melquisedet Angulo, died in a raid that killed a drug kingpin. This week, hit men shot dead the sailor's mother, siblings and aunt in an apparent revenge killing.