NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned Moscow that it is playing a dangerous game with the United States and its NATO allies.
Leaders of Pakistan's coalition government have set about seeking a replacement for President Pervez Musharraf and tackling pressing economic and security problems.
A wave of Taliban suicide bombers backed by gunmen attempted to breach the defenses of the main U.S. base in southeastern Afghanistan.
Iran has said it is ready to help fellow Muslim states launch satellites into orbit after it successfully put a dummy satellite into orbit -- a move that may increase Western suspicions over its atomic ambitions.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has dismissed as "empty rhetoric" Russian warnings that Moscow would target Poland for a possible military strike because Warsaw agreed to host part of a U.S. missile shield.
The leader of the breakaway region at the heart of the Georgia-Russia conflict said he would ask Moscow to station a military base on the territory of South Ossetia.
The leader of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia has fired his government and declared a monthlong emergency to cope with the aftermath of an armed conflict with the central government.
A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into the gate of the main U.S. military base in southeastern Afghanistan, killing nine civilians and wounding 13, Afghan and U.S. officials said.
KARBALA -- Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims streamed home from Iraq's shrine city of Kabala on August 17 at the end of an annual holy rite that passed without the factional violence that marred it last year.
KABUL -- Afghanistan has changed the venue for its independence celebration on August 18 to an undisclosed location, an official said, after President Hamid Karzai survived an attempt on his life by Taliban in a military parade in April.
ISLAMABAD -- Speculation swirled in Pakistan on August 17 that a deal would be reached shortly enabling President Pervez Musharraf to resign without fear of prosecution, avoiding a divisive impeachment process.
GORI -- Russian troops have begun regrouping around central Georgian cities, Georgia said on August 17, ahead of what the West hopes will be a quick withdrawal from the Black Sea state.
Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region has agreed to withdraw troops from a neighboring Iraqi province and hand over security in the area to forces of the central government, a Kurdish official said.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims poured into Iraq's holy city of Karbala on August 16 for a rite that has become an annual show of strength for the Shi'ite majority, defying bomb attacks across the country.
Serbia has said it would seek an opinion from the International Court of Justice on whether Kosovo's declaration of independence was legal and that Belgrade would abide by whatever the court said.
Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 60 militants during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S. military and the Afghan Interior Ministry said on August 16.
A top Russian military official said on August 15 that Poland's deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.
Insurgents have killed two soldiers from NATO-led forces in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
The U.S. Congress could consider legislation next month aimed at prodding Olympic organizers to strip Russia from hosting the 2014 Winter Games, in a move to punish Moscow for its military activity in Georgia, sponsors of the measure said.
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