Claim denied on a terrorism technicality updated Sat, October 24, 2009
Diane Gandara cancels her vacation to New Delhi after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. But her insurance company won't honor her claim because she wasn't visiting Mumbai. Is the $7,300 she spent on her trip lost?
Health fears grow over Puerto Rico blaze updated Sat, October 24, 2009
A wind shift Saturday has put more residents at risk from smoke inhalation near a raging fire at a fuel storage complex in Puerto Rico, officials said.
Afghan, Pakistani and Indian ambassadors unite against terrorism updated Thu, October 22, 2009
Three U.N. ambassadors on the front lines of the fight against radical Islamist terrorism presented a united front Thursday against extremism in an unprecedented joint public appearance on a major television news program.
Refusing runoff would be 'insulting democracy,' Karzai says updated Thu, October 22, 2009
Afghanistan's president is downplaying accusations of widespread fraud in his country's recent elections, but he's emphasizing the importance of a runoff for the sake of ensuring peace and stability in his nascent and war-torn democracy.
Cheney: Obama seems 'afraid' to make decision on Afghanistan updated Thu, October 22, 2009
After dialing back his attacks on President Obama's foreign policy, former Vice President Dick Cheney says the administration has damaged U.S. ties with key allies, dangerously wavered in Afghanistan, undermined progress in Iraq and sabotaged the Bush administration's national security legacy.
World failing to dent heroin trade, U.N. warns updated Wed, October 21, 2009
Afghan opium kills 100,000 people every year worldwide -- more than any other drug -- and the opiate heroin kills five times as many people in NATO countries each year than the eight-year total of NATO troops killed in Afghan combat, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Feds say Massachusetts man conspired to help terrorists updated Wed, October 21, 2009
A Massachusetts man charged Wednesday with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists abroad distributed a video that he said showed the "mutilation and abuse" of the bodies of U.S. personnel in Iraq, an FBI agent says.
High court accepts Guantanamo Uyghur case updated Tue, October 20, 2009
The Supreme Court tentatively agreed Tuesday to accept an appeal from a group of native Chinese Muslims who had asked to be released into the United States from American military custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Israel's Peres rejects U.N. Gaza report updated Tue, October 20, 2009
Israeli President Shimon Peres rejected a United Nations report on his country's incursion into Gaza as "one-sided" and "unfair" in an interview with CNN.
