Simply paying Taliban gunmen to stay out of the fight could save a fortune in U.S. blood and treasure. Outrageous as that may sound, it worked in Iraq

Still suffering from the effects of last year’s drought, and struggling to get aid from recession-hit donors, Ethiopia enters another season of famine as 6.2 million people go hungry

Ramazan Bashardost’s bare-bones campaign is unlikely to win him the presidency. But he is relentless in trying to make his impossible dream come true

The need to exercise and the requirements of faith don’t have to conflict. But they can be a little sticky for the women of Islam

On the eve of a likely prison term, a gay Jewish peace activist who defends Palestinians from violent settlers warns his countrymen that they are spreading hatred

On Aug. 15, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb became the first top-level American politician to meet with juntahead Senior General Than Shwe

With 35,000 people still stranded after Typhoon Morakot battered the island last week, Taiwan’s government is trying to make up lost time for a sluggish response to the deadly storm

The nation was in mourning this week after nine Australian members of a tour group died in a plane crash on their way to the famous Kokoda track in Papua New Guinea

Injured and alone, Spanish alpinist Oscar PÉrez has been stuck on Pakistan’s Latok II, one of the world’s most challenging peaks, for almost a week. Now a rescue team has finally been sent to find him — with no idea whether or not he’s alive

Rather than move to smash a leaderless local Taliban, the Pakistan military seems to be exploring another truce in which NATO is the big loser