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Mass graves with dozens of bodies -- probable victims of drug cartel violence -- have been discovered near Brownsville, Texas, prompting travel warnings from the State Department.

Libyan rebels have been unable to break the back of Moammar Gadhafi's forces despite international airstrikes. NATO allies are asking the U.S. to deepen its involvement in a conflict some experts say could last years. Several analysts offered strategies on how the U.S. can avoid getting drawn in too deep.

Piracy thrives in largely lawless Somalia. But the self-ruling region of Somaliland is slowly trying to build the rule of law and a sense of civic duty. The result: Ordinary citizens occasionally catch pirates and turn them in.

In a rare open disagreement with the Obama administration, Saudi's King Abdullah chastised the president for abandoning Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak, a longtime ally. The Saudis have since developed a more aggressive regional policy.

Protesters are demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down, but U.S. counterterrorism officials say that if the president does indeed fall and Yemen dissolves into chaos, that could be bad news for the fight against terrorism.

Britain, France and other NATO allies will provide fighter jets for missions to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, in a handoff slated to take place Monday evening. In the east, rebels gained ground in the battle for a strategic oil port.

Two rebels who managed to escape by boat to the opposition stronghold of Benghazi said women and children and the elderly were being killed by tank fire in Misurata. The city — the opposition's last western enclave — was bombarded again by government troops.

Is the situation in Iraq becoming increasingly unstable as the time for American withdrawal approaches? And, what are U.S. officials doing to reach out to Iraqis here and abroad? We talk to representatives from the Department of State who are visiting San Diego, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, and to the Director of Strategic Effects for United States Forces in Iraq.

The U.S. administration has imposed limits on its own actions in Libya, ruling out the use of ground troops or explicitly targeting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Some say that leaves a disconnect between the president's rhetoric and military moves.

Britain's Foreign Office said in a statement that Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, one of the most senior members of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime, arrived at Farnborough Airport on Wednesday from Tunisia. The development came the same day Britain joined the U.S. and France in saying it is willing to consider arming Libyan rebels.