AP – Pakistani officials say suspected U.S. missiles have killed five people in a tribal region near the Afghan border. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

AP – India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users’ data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

AP – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan’s capital Thursday for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

AP – Managers of Afghanistan’s largest bank braced for a run on deposits Thursday, a day after nervous customers showed up in droves to take out their money following the resignation of two top executives allegations of mismanagement and unorthodox lending practices. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

AP – Three bombs ripped through a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing 25 people and wounding about 150 others, officials said. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

AP – Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

AP – Pakistani police say 14 people have been killed after three bombs were detonated during a a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern city of Lahore. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

AP – A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →