Fighting rages as Karzai urges restraint from NATO (AP)

Sustained gunfire breaks out in Libyan capital (AP)
AP - Heavy machine-gun fire erupted early Sunday in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, including in the neighborhood of Moammar Gadhafi's residence, as hundreds of his supporters poured into the...

Unrest engulfs Tunisia after president flees (AP)
AP - Unrest engulfed Tunisia on Saturday after a popular rebellion forced the president to flee: Dozens of inmates were killed in a prison fire, looters emptied shops and torched the main...

Outgunned Taliban mounting tough fight in Marjah (AP)
AP - Outnumbered and outgunned, Taliban fighters are mounting a tougher fight than expected in Marjah, Afghan officials said Sunday, as U.S.-led forces converged on a pocket of militants in a...

Afghan official: Taliban using human shields (AP)
AP - Taliban fighters are increasingly using civilians as human shields in the assault on the southern town of Marjah, an Afghan official said Wednesday as military squads resumed painstaking...

Taliban step up attacks in besieged Afghan town (AP)
AP - Taliban fighters stepped up counterattacks Monday against Marines and Afghan soldiers in the militant stronghold of Marjah, slowing the allied advance to a crawl despite Afghan...