Afghan officials say more than 50 Taliban insurgents have been killed in clashes with Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces in southern Uruzgan province.

Self-defense and bloodshed prevention mean that students must have more guns, Mike Guzman and thousands of other students say.

Iran’s state news agency said Tuesday that the nation was accepting an offer for continued talks with the United States on Iraqi security and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki welcomed a fourth round of discussions.

Allowing the United States to base part of a missile defense system could damage Poland’s interests, the county’s new defense minister said.

Armenia and the U.S. will sign November 21 an energy cooperation agreement, which includes joint development of environmental safeguards for the country's nuclear industry, the U.S. Embassy said Monday.

New prime ministers like to put their stamp on their governments, and the choice as their first overseas visit is often a sign of what they want to achieve with their foreign policy.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Pentagon funding shortfalls resulting from congressional debate about the conduct of the Iraq war could result in difficulty supplying the troops and significant layoffs in his department.

A senior State Department official Wednesday reaffirmed U.S. backing for giving Kosovo supervised independence if negotiations over the status of the United Nations-administered Serbian province do not produce an agreement by December 10.

A British court has ruled that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges.

The Democrat-dominated U.S. House of Representatives has voted for the withdrawal of the country's troops from Iraq by December 2008, linking the pullout to $50 billion in war funds.

Chinese spying in the U.S. represents the greatest threat to U.S. technology, a congressional advisory panel said Thursday and recommended to consider counterintelligence efforts meant to stop China from stealing U.S. manufacturing expertise.

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to hold talks with U.S. President George W. Bush on his first overseas trip as Japan's leader.