Search results for

NATO troops and Afghan government forces are battling Taliban militants on the outskirts of the southern city of Kandahar. Taliban fighters seized villages in the Arghandab valley, just north of Kandahar earlier this week.

NATO and Afghan soldiers have mounted an offensive into the densely packed fruit orchards of the Arghandab district, less than 15 miles from the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. On Monday, Taliban insurgents infiltrated and occupied at least a half-dozen villages in Arghandab.

UCSD Alumni Worked on Jackson Documentary

The battle between Russia and Georgia shows no sign of letting up. The conflict was triggered by a Georgian ground offensive into the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia. Now Georgia's president says he's withdrawing forces from the area and publicly calling for a cease-fire. But Russia continues its bombardment of Georgian territory.

Hurricane Ivan roars into Jamaica with 150 mph winds and drenching rain. But a shift in the Category 4 storm's path spares the capital city of Kingston from Ivan's full fury. The storm could hit Florida Monday. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and Kevin Sullivan of The Washington Post.

Next month in The Hague, a special U.N. tribunal will get under way to examine the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Many Lebanese insist Syrian leaders were behind the assassination. But Syria denies any role in Hariri's death.

Typically the talk at the Kentucky Derby is about what horse will win, and whether the winning horse can take the Triple Crown. But this year the biggest gossip is all about Britian's Queen Elizabeth II. An avid horsewoman, she was at Churchill Downs for the race.

Four U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Stewart Army base in Georgia planned to assassinate President Obama and overthrow the government, according to prosecutors in the case. The four soldiers allegedly murdered a former Army comrade and his girlfriend for knowing too much about their anti-government militia.

Lawmakers are tinkering at the edges of their $700 billion financial rescue plan in a bid to win over reluctant Republicans without losing Democratic supporters in the process. The Dow closed up 490 points.

Tanks and missiles rolled across Red Square for the first time since the end of communism during the annual Victory Day parade Friday. Despite the show, experts say the Russian military is in a dreadful state, crippled by widespread corruption, brutal beating of conscripts and a lack of equipment.