Before 2001, America’s military women had rarely seen ground combat, but the Afghanistan and Iraq wars have changed that.

In Kashmir, the rapes and killings of two young women near the camps of Indian security forces have focused attention on their continuing presence.

A suicide car bomb rocked a heavily guarded diplomatic area in Kabul, five days before the presidential vote.

A nation that once had a robust farming and manufacturing sector is increasingly becoming dependent on imports and oil to sustain its economy.

After years of building tensions and, finally, a war, a people now used to carrying weapons are being asked to give them up.

Rights groups have long denounced the rules as draconian and Pakistan’s political parties have urged the government to do away with them, calling them a dark legacy of British colonial rule.

On the final day of a 7-nation, 11-day trip, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reaffirmed her promise to renovate relations with Africa.

The worst attack took place at a sauna in Dagestan, where armed gunmen killed seven female employees.

Refugees who were removed from a Copenhagen church on Thursday violated Danish law, according to the National Police.

President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday he expected the number of dead from the typhoon to rise.