Suicide Bomber Kills 14 at Afghan Province Council

(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at...

Yemen Court Sentences 11 al-Qaeda Militants

(SANAA, Yemen) — A Yemeni court on Tuesday sentenced 11 convicted al-Qaeda militants to up to 10 years in prison for forming armed gangs to destabilize the...

Iraq Executes 21 Men Convicted of Terrorism

(BAGHDAD) -- Iraq's Justice Ministry says authorities have executed 21 prisoners convicted on terrorism charges and links to al-Qaeda. The ministry said...

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A new World Bank report is released on sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth, Sunni candidates in Iraq are being assassinated ahead of the country's elections,...

Hunting Down Bad Guys: China vs. the U.S.

A pair of ostensibly unrelated New York Times' stories recently jumped out at me. Understand, the paper itself made no attempt to link the two. What struck me...