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Syrian military forces are poised to enter another northern town, while an increasing number of civilians are fleeing to Turkey to escape the military crackdown on anti-government protesters.

Tanks stormed the town of Talbiseh on Monday, a day after surrounding it, and at least 10 people were wounded, a resident said, in an expanding military campaign in central Syria to crush dissent against Baathist rule.

The last of Britain's military forces have withdrawn from Iraq after more than eight years of fighting militants and training security forces.

In his first comprehensive response to revolts across the Arab world, President Barack Obama is doling out punishment and praise, targeting Syrian President Bashar Assad for attacking his people but also promising fresh U.S. aid to nations that support democracy.

News of Osama bin Laden's death stirred strong emotions Monday, from a profound sense of relief across much of the globe to outrage among sympathizers ...

The death of Osama bin Laden could prove to be a turning point in United States-Pakistani counterterrorism cooperation.

A computer programmer, startled by a helicopter clattering above his quiet Pakistani town in the early hours of the morning Monday, did what any social-media addict would do: he began sending messages to the social networking site Twitter.

Muslims and Arab-Americans — in one of the largest and oldest Arab-American communities in the USA— rejoiced at the news that Osama bin Laden ...

Were it not for this high-value target,  the killing of Osama bin Laden at his luxury hideout in Pakistan early Monday might have been a routine mission for the specially trained and highly mythologized SEAL Team Six.

In a tale that fit for a spy novel, here's how the military raid that killed the world's most notorious terrorist came together.