3 more U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan; record toll for July at 66

KABUL -- With the deaths of three more American troops on Friday, July became the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nine-year Afghan war.


Afghanistan - Asia - United States - War in Afghanistan - Barack Obama

Gunmen attack checkpoint in Baghdad, briefly raise flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq

BAGHDAD -- Gunmen launched a rare, coordinated attack on Iraqi soldiers Thursday in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of the capital and briefly erected the flag of the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq near a smoldering army checkpoint.


al-Qaeda - Iraq - Baghdad - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict

Mexican drug cartel threats lead U.S. to close Juarez consulate

JUAREZ, MEXICO -- Threats of drug cartel attacks against authorities have prompted U.S. officials to shut down their large consulate in this border city and provide no indication when the building might reopen.


Drug cartel - Mexico - United States - Chihuahua - Ciudad Juarez

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Government ramps up relief efforts in flooded northwest Pakistan

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani government stepped up relief efforts Friday for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the worst flooding in decades to hit the country's northwest, an area already wracked by extremist violence.



Pakistan - Asia - Flood - Earth Sciences - Natural Disasters and Hazards

France orders police to advise suspects of their rights upon arrest

PARIS -- France's highest constitutional court on Friday ordered that French police be stripped of their power to arrest ordinary suspects and interrogate them for 48 hours without bringing charges or reading them their rights.


Police - Law - France - Law Enforcement - United States

U.S. takes a tougher tone with China

The Obama administration has adopted a tougher tone with China in recent weeks as part of a diplomatic balancing act in which the United States welcomes China's rise in some areas but also confronts Beijing when it butts up against American interests.


China - Business - Asia - Home and Garden - Kitchen and Dining

Environmentalists say pollution makes baptism at sacred spot in Jordan River unsafe

QASR AL-YAHUD, WEST BANK -- Environmentalists claim that the hallowed spot along the Jordan River where Christians believe John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ has become too filthy for human use.


Jordan River - Jordan - Middle East - Israel - Baptism

Body of Jarod Newlove, second missing U.S. sailor, found in Afghanistan

KABUL -- A second U.S. sailor who disappeared in eastern Afghanistan last week has been found dead.



Afghanistan - Asia - NATO - Logar Province - Taliban

Afghan war spending faces new scrutiny

As part of its attempt to boost Afghanistan's economic and political development, the United States is paying thousands of Afghan contractors and subcontractors to perform much of the work that supports U.S. efforts there. But the "Afghan First" program could be achieving just the opposite of its...


History - Wars and Conflicts - Afghanistan - Nineteenth Century - Anglo-Afghan War

Gen. Pace's somber Pentagon portrait evokes the struggles of warfare

Hundreds of portraits of generals and admirals hang like wallpaper along the Pentagon's endless corridors.


Pentagon - United States - Military - Government - Installations