Officials say Pakistani security forces have killed 15 militants, including a senior commander, in several clashes as they seek to rout the Taliban from northwestern areas. Read More

Hundreds of people marched through Bhopal with torches before dawn Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster and demand the cleanup of toxic chemicals they say still contaminate the Indian city's soil and water. Read More

Honduras' Congress overwhelmingly voted Wednesday against reinstating President Manuel Zelaya, shrugging off international pressure four months after a coup that has isolated one of the poorest countries in the Americas. Read More

A group of activists and North Korean defectors urged an international tribunal Thursday to investigate alleged human rights abuses in the North and put its authoritarian leader Kim Jong Il on trial. Read More

President Barack Obama is holding an uncertain hand in his high-stakes gamble in the fight against Islamic extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Weak partners in both countries, doubts about the speed of building up Afghan security forces and allies reluctant to commit themselves wholeheartedly to the battle all raise questions about the strategy. Read More

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that cartels are seeking to control territory by sinking drug money into political campaigns and buying off officials before they are even elected. Read More

As of Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, at least 851 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST. Read More

In a defiant speech, Iran's president declared Wednesday that his country will enrich uranium to a much higher level _ a fresh rejection of an international plan to curb Tehran's nuclear program. Read More

Military prosecutors on Wednesday sought to persuade a judge in Guantanamo Bay's war crimes court to amend the charge sheet for a Sudanese detainee accused of being a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. Read More

Mexican federal prosecutors will review their witness protection program after gunmen killed a drug case informant in a Starbucks coffee shop in the capital, officials said Wednesday. Read More

Paraguay named an undocumented U.S. immigrant to run its consulate in New York, discovering his illegal status only when the man returned home to get his diplomatic papers and was denied a U.S. visa. Read More

In a defiant speech, Iran's president declared Wednesday that his country will enrich uranium to a much higher level _ a fresh rejection of an international plan to curb Tehran's nuclear program. Read More

A 26-year-old doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from a delivery salad laced with an overdose of blood pressure medication, prosecutors say. The findings fueled opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew. Read More

Argentine lawmakers pushed, punched and threw chairs at each other during a raucous session to choose the president of a northern province's lower house. Read More

Israeli police arrested the mayor of a West Bank Jewish settlement on Wednesday after protesters blocked security forces from entering the community to enforce a construction freeze. Read More

The Taliban rebuffed President Barack Obama's new war plan for Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying his strategy to send 30,000 new troops will only lead to more American casualties. Read More

Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf. Britain said it was delighted with Wednesday's release and praised Tehran's handling of the incident. Read More

Iraq's scheduled January elections may be postponed by more than a month because of a dispute over an election law, officials said Wednesday, a delay that could threaten the planned U.S. withdrawal of combat troops. Read More

Albania says it has agreed to accept more former Guantanamo detainees, but not members of China's ethnic Uighur Muslim minority. Read More

President Barack Obama won flattering words but little solid firepower from European allies for his new Afghanistan strategy Wednesday, as small countries pitched in small troop reinforcements but bigger armies held back. Read More