Shahbaz Bhatti assassinated in Islamabad
Pakistan’s federal minorities minister was gunned down in Islamabad.
Making demands across the Middle East
Demonstrations inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia quickly spread.
Afghans protest Koran-burning at Bagram
(Protesters throw stones at U.S. soldiers at Bagram./Getty)
Holy books mistakenly included in load of material bound for incinerator; U.S. military apologizes.
The man who retrieves Taliban’s dead
An Afghan facilitator plays a crucial role in returning insurgents’ bodies to their families.
U.S. senators, Afghan leaders discuss deal
The senators took a hard line with President Hamid Karzai on issues precluding long-term partnership between the two nations.
A show of unity at Islamabad summit
The leaders of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan exhibited spirit of comity Friday at trilateral forum.
Afghan soldiers’ Pakistan ties eyed
The order that soldiers must either move their families to Afghanistan or leave the army could inflame ethnic tensions and aggravate relations with Pakistan.
Taliban detainees again transferred to Afghan custody
Transfers resumed after inspections found human-rights abuses are no longer occurring in 12 prisons.
For Pakistan's prime minister, a question of loyalty
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani could go to jail on contempt charges.
Life and war in Afghanistan: February 2012
Our continuing photo coverage depicts Afghan life as coalition forces fight in the country.
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Africa
- Kenya army says Somali militants causing food crisis by blocking trade in southern Somalia
- Police no longer watching hospitalized opponent of Malawi's president
- Nigeria's former president to mediate in Senegal ahead of tense vote
- Shell chief says Nigeria could produce 4M barrels of oil a day, but theft, problems rampant
Middle East
- Witnesses: Tribal clashes in remote south Libya region kill more than 50 civilians
- Iran says UN inspectors in Tehran will not visit sites, only hold talks with officials
- Saudi Arabia names Jordan envoy to also serve as first ambassador to Iraq in 22 years
- Tel Aviv angers religious Israelis by seeking to operate bus routes on the Jewish Sabbath
Europe
- French parliament approves long-term European bailout fund, new austerity measures
- French far right leader Marine Le Pen suffers legal defeat in presidential bid
- Not a friend request: British judge says that legal claims can be served via Facebook
- Crisis-hit Portuguese defy govt's Carnival cutback plan, leave work and celebrate instead
The Americas
- Honduras officials says dropped cigarette may have caused fire that killed hundreds
- 3 inmates killed in northern Mexico prison near penitentiary where 44 were murdered 2 days ago
- Bolivian bandits lured victims onto what looked like city buses and strangled them, police say
- Slaughter of 44 inmates during breakout underlines corruption inside Mexico's crowded prisons
