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A monthlong U.S.-Afghan military operation is under way to rid Kapisa province near Kabul of Taliban and other Islamist fighters. Fighting insurgents is only half the battle, as the troops try to strengthen ties with locals.

A senior daycare center in San Diego may be forced to shut down because of the budget fight in Sacramento. California subsidizes programs that provide meals and healthcare for elderly people during th

Scorching temperatures plagued Crete this summer, bringing wildfires, water shortages and electricity blackouts. It's a first-hand lesson in how a slight shift in weather patters can cause big problems, turning parts of the island into desert.

Hundreds of tribal elders from Afghanistan and Pakistan gathered in Kabul for an assembly called a jirga, with the aim of forging consensus on dealing with the growing strength of the Taliban. But the jirga's final declaration was short on specifics.

On Thursday, some 700 Afghan and Pakistani tribal elders and local leaders will gather for an unprecedented meeting to try to close an ever-widening gap. But even before the agenda is ironed out, critics complain that the jirga will do little good.

Although cancer researchers may have found that a cat nap could reduce the chance of having a heart attack, changing work standards in Greece are making it harder for those that have held strong to siesta traditions to catch a few midday Zzz's.

Yasin Abu Bakr, leader of the radical Muslim group Jamaat al Muslimeen, says he's never met the four men arrested for plotting to sabotage New York's JFK airport and denies any links to international terrorists.

Goodbye 'Full Focus' -- We're Sorry to See You Go

In his first comments since the 23 South Koreans were abducted, Afghan President Hamid Karzai criticized the Taliban's kidnapping of "foreign guests," saying it violates the tenets of Islam. But a purported Taliban spokesman shrugged off the demands and instead set a new deadline for the hostages' lives.

The Turkana people and their southern neighbors, the Pokot, have been feuding for generations. But a spate of droughts in recent decades is exacerbating an age-old animosity, as they fight over the land's dwindling natural resources.