Fearing Taliban talks, Afghan women keep pushing to have voices heard

 KABUL, Afghanistan – With increased pressure for a U.S.

Latest violence could signal new phase in Syria conflict

With fighting now encroaching the suburbs of the Syrian capital, the conflict is entering into a new dimension for the first time in nearly 10 months.

Gazans break(dance)ing boundaries

GAZA STRIP, Israel – In Hamas-ruled Gaza, where Islamic fundamentalism controls every aspect of daily life in the city that has been under an Israeli-imposed siege since June 2007, a group of eight young men from the Nuseirat refugee camp are breaking boundaries by break d …

The twisty road to US-Pakistan re-engagement

   PESHAWAR, Pakistan – The ring road in Peshawar is a rough ride: navigating certain stretches means dodging enormous potholes, steering clear of steep ditches and swerving to avoid the occasional brave soul who darts from one side of the road to the other.Yet t …

‘One more thing …’: George Lewis on 42 years at NBC News

“One more thing.”  It’s something the late Steve Jobs used to say as he was introducing Apple’s latest gadgets, always saving the big surprise for the end of his presentation.As I end 42 years at NBC News, they’ve asked me to write “one  …

Witch in London? Prosecutors say attacker believed victim was one

LONDON – At London’s Old Bailey, the highest criminal court in Britain, a desperate family tragedy is unfolding in courtroom number five.It involves torture, death – and witchcraft.Harrowing sobs have echoed round the old courtroom as different members of one family …

Egyptians see remarkable year not living up to its potential

 They are scenes reminiscent of Egypt’s 18-day revolution that toppled the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak.Men and women, young and old, Muslim and Christian, rich and poor, secular and conservative … all back in the symbolic heart of Egypt’s revolution, Tahrir …

Witchcraft in London? Tragically, it happens

LONDON – At London’s Old Bailey, the highest criminal court in Britain, a desperate family tragedy is unfolding in courtroom number five.

American hostage in Somalia rescued by US Navy SEALs in overnight raid

 Updated at 8:15 a.m. ET: A U.S. official tells The Associated Press that the Navy SEAL team that rescued the American and Danish hostages in Somalia was the same one that killed Osama bin Laden.Published at 1:15 a.m.

Danger zone then and now: Strait of Hormuz

“You are standing into danger! Alter course now!”The American warship radio operator repeated the warning, saying we had entered its self-proclaimed  two-mile exclusion zone in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel through which 35 percent of all seaborne oi …