Hostages in good health, Taliban extends deadline Afghanistans Taliban movement has extended the deadline for 23 Korean hostages to allow the South Korean government to establish direct talks with the group, a Taliban spokesman said on Monday..
Landslide victory for Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkeys Prime Minister, secured a landslide election triumph late on Sunday night, winning a second five-year term with nearly half of the national vote after being forced by veiled threats of a military overthrow to call an early ballot..
Laden hiding in Pak: US spy chief Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden is alive and sheltering in lawless parts of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, US intelligence chief Mike McConnell said on Monday..
Last king of Afghanistan dies at 92 Former King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign until his exile in 1973 coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in Afghanistans recent history, died on Monday, aged 92..
Blair in Israel on peace mission Blair touched down in Tel Aviv in a white, unmarked private jet on Monday afternoon, and immediately exited Ben Gurion International Airport in a heavily guarded motorcade through the "Gate of Shalom" terminal..
