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LONDON -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that he will convene a nationwide meeting of tribal, religious and political leaders in the next few weeks to discuss reintegration and reconciliation with the Taliban. Afghan government officials said Taliban leaders would also be welcome to ...

LONDON -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that he will convene a nationwide meeting of tribal, religious and political leaders in the next few weeks to discuss reintegration and reconciliation with the Taliban. Afghan government officials said Taliban leaders would also be welcome to ...

LONDON -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that he will convene a nationwide meeting of tribal, religious and political leaders in the next few weeks to discuss reintegration and reconciliation with the Taliban. Afghan government officials said Taliban leaders would also be welcome to ...

LONDON -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that he will convene a nationwide meeting of tribal, religious and political leaders in the next few weeks to discuss reintegration and reconciliation with the Taliban. Afghan government officials said Taliban leaders would also be welcome to ...

KABUL -- A gunner in a U.S. military convoy shot and killed a local imam as he was driving his car here Thursday morning, prompting outrage among local residents and an apology from coalition forces.

TOKYO -- Toyota sacrificed quality for global growth and got burned.

-- A Jan. 27 Page One article misstated the nature of the charges recently filed against four men including James O'Keefe, the conservative activist who gained notice last year with undercover videos that he and an associate recorded at regional offices of the group ACORN. The men are accused of...

-- A Jan. 27 Page One article misstated the nature of the charges recently filed against four men including James O'Keefe, the conservative activist who gained notice last year with undercover videos that he and an associate recorded at regional offices of the group ACORN. The men are accused of...

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) said Wednesday that he wants the federal government to move the trial of five suspects in the September 2001 terrorist attacks away from its intended site in Lower Manhattan.

SRI LANKA Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa swept to a second term in office Wednesday, but his chief rival vowed to challenge the results.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- U.S. Coast Guard officers said Wednesday that Haiti's main port is more badly damaged than they first realized, a finding that has created another significant obstacle to relief and reconstruction efforts.

UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday named Staffan di Mistura, a veteran U.N. civil servant, as his envoy to Afghanistan, making him the international point person for efforts to promote the embattled nation's capacity to govern itself and pursue peace.

KARORI VILLAGE, INDIA -- The old, potholed road was a source of endless traffic jams and accidents. It did not have a median or lights. Trucks, tractors and camels frequently collided at night.

LAHORE, PAKISTAN -- Pakistan, which once sponsored Taliban forces but turned against them under American pressure in 2001, now hopes to play a role as a broker in proposed negotiations among Taliban leaders and the Afghan government, with support from the United States.

Americans who hid money from the Internal Revenue Service in secret Swiss bank accounts may escape exposure, at least for now.

BAGHDAD -- The umbrella organization that includes al-Qaeda in Iraq has taken responsibility for three powerful bombings that targeted prominent hotels in Baghdad on Monday, calling them "legitimate targets."

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- The labor pains started before dawn. Marie Delise sat up on the thin blanket she was sleeping on in the middle of a street and shook her husband awake. It was time.

LONDON -- Yemen pledged Wednesday to implement broad political and economic reforms in exchange for a package of long-term development and security assistance from countries concerned that it could become a permanent base for international terrorist operations.

LONDON, JAN. 27 -- International conferences here this week on Afghanistan and Yemen will also include behind-the-scenes talks on a third country -- Iran -- as the Obama administration continues to press for new sanctions against the government in Tehran over its nuclear program.