The Chinese Communist Party's history of silencing its opponents, and the fact that this took place in Beijing itself, make this suspicious.

The Taliban based in Pakistan are known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban and are separate from the Taliban in Afghanistan.

The Taliban may have their sights set on the nuclear arsenal of sympathetic Pakistan, former National Security Advisor John Bolton warned.

After international pressure, the prime minister of Pakistan called for the arrest of what one outlet called 'negligent police officers.'

One small detail loomed large as American operatives hunted for Osama bin Laden and staked out his compound in Pakistan.

Why would the White House think it could get away with changing such an obvious gaffe from the president of the United States?

Once each sentenced to 240 years in prison, appeals have won them sentence deductions as judges take fresh looks at their cases.

At least eight were killed and 136 wounded in a bombing at an Islamic school in Pakistan.

The Taliban in Afghanistan and Hezbollah in Lebanon are among those who have condemned the defense of caricatures depicting Muhammad.

Thirty-nine countries criticized China's human rights record in a joint statement read at a UN meeting.