Aug 17 Truck Bomb Kills at Least 20 in Russian Province By Dave Gustafson An explosives-laden truck driven by a suicide bomber detonated at a police station Monday morning in Russia's North Caucasus, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 100 others, officials said. Continue reading
Aug 13 Head of Save Darfur Coalition Rebuts al-Bashir Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir spoke with Time magazine's Sam Dealey in early August about the International Criminal Court's warrant for his arrest, the fighting in his country and relations with the United States. Continue reading
Aug 12 Marines Storm Taliban Stronghold Ahead of Election Four hundred U.S. Marines stormed into the Taliban stronghold of Dahaneh in southern Afghanistan early Wednesday morning in a bid to secure the area ahead of next week's presidential election. Continue reading
Aug 11 Clinton Visits Refugees in Democratic Republic of Congo By Larisa Epatko Secretary of State Hillary Clinton toured a refugee camp Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive eastern region, and said more must be done to protect civilians from the violence, particularly sexual crimes. Continue reading
Aug 10 Afghanistan Commander Walks Back Comments on Taliban Successes By Tom LeGro The top U.S. and NATO commander says the Taliban have advanced out of strongholds in Afghanistan's south and east, gaining the upper hand as they moved into the north and west, according to a Wall Street Journal interview published Monday. Continue reading
Aug 07 Taliban Leader Believed Dead in U.S. Strike A drone-fired missile appears to have killed a top Taliban commander in Pakistan, both U.S. officials and militants believe. Continue reading
Aug 07 Radio Shutdowns in Venezuela Raise Controversy By News Desk The ongoing tug-of-war between Venezuela's government and private media organizations has flared anew with the recent decision by President Hugo Chavez's administration to revoke the licenses of dozens of radio stations. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch Somali Instability Poses Challenge for Anti-Terror Efforts Secretary of State Clinton spent the second day of her African tour expressing support for the fragile transitional government in Somalia. Margaret Warner reports on the visit, and the risks posed by the Somali government's struggles to combat extremist groups… Continue watching
Aug 05 Iran’s President Ahmadinejad Sworn In for Second Term By Larisa Epatko With protesters chanting "death to the dictator" and extra police deployed around the parliament building, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term in office Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 04 Kim Jong Il Pardons Captured Journalists After Meeting With Bill Clinton By Dave Gustafson North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a "special pardon" to two jailed American journalists after meeting with former President Bill Clinton, North Korea's official news agency reported. Continue reading