Iraq crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran (AP)

Army: Pakistan troops capture militant stronghold (AP)
AP - Pakistan's army captured a militant stronghold near the Afghan border, the military said Saturday, a breakthrough in an offensive against the Taliban and al-Qaida that has sent nearly...

Missile strike, suicide attack kill 5 in Pakistan (AP)
AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed a purported foreign militant Thursday in a Pakistani tribal area considered a haven for the Taliban and al-Qaida, while a suicide bombing left four...

North Korea threatens to freeze ties with South (AP)
AP - North Korea threatened Thursday to cut all ties with South Korea, saying the new conservative government is a U.S. toady engaged in reckless confrontation with its neighbor.

Woman whose dogs mauled neighbor gets 15 to life (AP)
AP - A woman whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor in the hallway of their apartment building seven years ago was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison.

Pakistan Marriott blast shows signs of al-Qaida (AP)
AP - Taliban militants based near the Afghan border and their al-Qaida allies are the most likely suspects behind a massive truck bombing at Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, officials and experts...