KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan special forces took control of part of a troubled province bordering Kabul from U.S. troops on Saturday, ending a weeks-long dispute over abuse allegations that prompted Afghan President Hamid Karzai to order all Amer... [Full Article]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. special operations forces handed over their base in a strategic district of eastern Afghanistan to local Afghan special forces on Saturday, a senior U.S. commander said. The withdrawal satisfies a demand by Afghan Presi... [Full Article]
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An Ohio prosecutor who light-heartedly filed a criminal indictment against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog who fraudulently "predicted" an early spring said he may consider a pardon now that the animal's handler is ... [Full Article]
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military gave control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan to Kabul on Monday, a year after the two sides initially agreed on the transfer. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military is handing over to the Afghan government the only detention facility in the country that was under American control. The transfer comes a year after the two sides initially agreed on the handover. (Source:... [Full Article]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - State-run TV in Damascus says authorities have handed over to Beirut a Lebanese fighter captured inside Syria in an ambush by government troops. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - A private collection of 57 Italian Baroque paintings once belonging to banking heir Denis Mahon and valued at more than 100 million pounds has been formally handed over to six museums and galleries in Britain. The paintings had alr... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - The Syrian regime says the airport in the battleground northern city of Aleppo is still under military control and "safe" from rebels fighting to capture it. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - BlackBerry will stop selling smartphones in Japan, partly because the company cannot justify the cost of modifying its operating system to accommodate the Japanese language, the Nikkei business daily reported. BlackBerry's market sha... [Full Article]
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government wants BlackBerry maker Research in Motion to continue to be a global leader and grow organically, and Ottawa may have to review a future sale of its handset business, Industry Minister Christian Paradis said... [Full Article]