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Last weekend, Afghan interpreter Ajmal Naqshbandi was murdered by the Taliban. He, an Italian journalist and their driver had been kidnapped a month ago.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that the freedom granted to the 15 British sailors and marines held captive in Iran is a 'gift' to the British people. British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he is pleased with the news, but what will be the long term consequences of the soldiers capture mean for Iran?

At a White House news conference, President Bush covers a variety of subjects. He says Democrats who have declined to pass a war-spending bill satisfactory to the administration are wasting their time.

In 1965, when Robert Konrardy was wounded in Vietnam, he had to abandon his platoon from the First Cavalry Division. Decades later, Konrardy embarked on a personal mission to visit the new generation that makes up his platoon in Iraq.

In a departure, most Senate Republicans joined their Democratic colleagues in voting to allow debate on a new resolution aimed at winding down U.S. participation in the Iraq war. The vote is a new stance for Senate Republicans, who have twice blocked resolutions on an Iraq withdrawal.

For the first time, the Pentagon's update to Congress on the state of the Iraq war acknowledges that elements of the conflict "are properly descriptive of a 'civil war.'" The quarterly report pointed to the hardening of ethnic and sectarian identities, increased violence and the fact that more civilians are leaving their homes.

British police nearly shot a terrorism suspect after finding him in his apartment, standing in the bath and wearing a back-pack, according to testimony heard in a British court Tuesday. "To this day, I still don't know how I didn't shoot him," an officer said.

Violence in Afghanistan is at a six-year high, according to top U.S. commanders there. The officers spoke to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who also met with NATO commanders and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Gates is on the latest stop on a whirlwind tour through Europe and the Middle East.

Thousands of people have visited the U.S. Capitol to pay their respects to former President Gerald Ford, who's lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda. The public viewing at the Capitol ends Monday.

Palestinians in Gaza mourn 18 civilians killed Wednesday by an Israeli shell in the northern town of Beit Hanoun. Israeli officials have expressed regret for the killings. Palestinian militant groups are threatening revenge.