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A security firm has confirmed that four civilian contractors killed in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan were Americans.
A suicide bomber has rammed his car into a Nato convoy in the Afghan capital, killing at least 12 people, including two coalition troops, four civilian contractors and two children, officials say.
Gunmen have killed the driver of a Nato supply truck driving through northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, local officials say.
Britain is temporarily pulling out some staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli due to security concerns over recent political unrest, the foreign office says.
A former top diplomat in Libya has delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has pressed for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison as President Barack Obama mulls a renewed push before a reluctant US Congress.
Taliban fighters have killed a senior member of Afghanistan's peace council, officials say, dealing another blow to nascent peace efforts with the insurgency.
Afghanistan, the world's largest grower of opium poppies, should not shoulder all the blame for its drug surge, its foreign minister says.
A Nato plane has crashed in Afghanistan killing four service members, the coalition says, adding that early reports suggested the aircraft was not brought down by insurgents.
The White House disclosure that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons still leaves the US stuck with a limited choice of military options to oust President Bashar Assad.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has brought senior Afghan and Pakistani officials together for security talks, aimed at improving relations between the two nations.
The Afghan Taliban says they are investigating the backgrounds of a group of foreigners seized three days ago, but that the captives are being treated "humanely".
US Secretary of State John Kerry says that Nato needed to consider its role in the Syrian crisis, including how practically prepared it was to respond to a potential chemical weapons threat.
A car bomb has targeted the French Embassy in the Libyan capital, wounding two French guards and a Libyan teenager.
The Taliban in Afghanistan says a group of overseas captives has been moved to a "safe area" following the largest abduction of foreigners in six years.
