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President Barack Obama faces pressure from fellow Democrats, opposition Republicans and the international community even before he announces long-awaited plans on Tuesday for a big U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan. Members of both parties laid out their expectations and concerns...

According to the document, the swap will take place in two stages. First, Israel will release 450 prisoners whose names were listed by Hamas and whose releases were being considered on a case-by-case basis "according to security and value-oriented considerations."...

An ambitious push by the international community to set up an endgame in Afghanistan will hinge on its ability to break the Taliban insurgency around the country's urban areas. No urban area is more important than Kandahar city. Continued Below...

Saudi forces detained about 150 Ethiopians and Somalis as prisoners of war as they cleared the area, Saudi Arabia's deputy defence minister said. The Houthi rebels denied that the area, which is known as Jabal al-Dood or Jabal Mudood, had...

The annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage to Mecca wound up on Sunday without the feared mass outbreak of swine flu, Saudi authorities said, reporting a total of five deaths and 73 proven cases. Five pilgrims died from the A(H1N1) flu virus...

Thanks to the aggressive marketing tactics and an urge to see the world fuelled by the fantastic travel documentaries one sees in the TV channels like Discovery or the Nat-Geo, everyone nowadays wants to travel and see the world. And,...

Two persons died while four others were injured when their vehicle slammed into a passenger bus at the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (Star) Tollway in Ibaan town Sunday morning. Carlito America, chief security officer of Star Tollway, identified those who...

Mr Brown told Sky's political editor Adam Boulton that more progress must be made in Pakistan to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda, adding that Britain is prepared to help re-build its education system. Britain will host an international conference...