Associated Press|February 09, 2010
U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation in support of a planned attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan. NATO officials, meanwhile, warned civilians in Marjah to "keep your heads down."
Associated Press|February 09, 2010
The commander of Canada's largest Air Force base, who once flew dignitaries around the country, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women.
Associated Press|February 09, 2010
Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent. That's Outpost Belleau Wood, a Marine base near the edge of the Taliban-controlled town of Marjah, which the Marines plan to attack in the coming days.
Associated Press|February 09, 2010
Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama will stop blocking Senate confirmation of about 70 government appointees nominated by President Barack Obama, his office said.
Associated Press|February 09, 2010
Germany's Cabinet has formally approved plans to increase the country's troop contingent in Afghanistan by up to 850 troops.
Associated Press|February 09, 2010
Authorities arrested six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way Monday to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans in Pakistan's cultural capital, police said. Police seized 26 hand grenades and five detonators from the militants.
Associated Press|February 09, 2010
The deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen called for attacks on Saudi Arabia and U.S. interests in the region in a new audio message posted Monday on the Internet.
Associated Press|February 09, 2010
The head of Iran's atomic agency said the Islamic Republic would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor.
Associated Press|February 09, 2010
Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an upcoming offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint operation of the Afghan war.
Associated Press|February 09, 2010
Britain's inquiry into the Iraq War will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman said.
Military.com|February 08, 2010
Congressman John Murtha, one of the most powerful and influential Democratic lawmakers on defense issues in the House for more than three decades, died today in Arlington, Va., at the age of 77. Murtha had recently undergone gall bladder surgery and was hospitalized Feb. 2 after complications with his recovery.
Associated Press|February 08, 2010
President Barack Obama said he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but he was taking into account the objections of the city's mayor and police commissioner.
Associated Press|February 08, 2010
Iran moved closer to being able to produce nuclear warheads Monday with formal notification that it will enrich uranium to higher levels, even while insisting that the move was meant only to provide fuel for its research reactor.
Associated Press|February 08, 2010
But facing economic woes and seeking a more equal relationship with the U.S., Japan's new reformist government is questioning whether it should spend so much on U.S. troops.
Associated Press|February 08, 2010
Sarah Palin says that if President Barack Obama "played the war card," he could improve his chances of being re-elected.
Associated Press|February 08, 2010
By the crack of dawn, the Royal Canadian Dragoons' armor was in position, fanned out across a dusty vineyard for Operation Tazi to secure a key land route into Kandahar from the Taliban.
Dallas Morning News|February 08, 2010
An experienced military trainer at Fort Hood was named by government prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in one terrorism case in 2005. His last two employers were implicated in other government terrorism investigations while he worked for them.
Associated Press|February 08, 2010
NATO-led forces arrested a deputy provincial police chief they accused of helping place roadside bombs north of Kabul, officials said, in the latest sign of concerns about weaknesses in Afghan security forces.