On the second anniversary of the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, the government in Tbilisi has accepted Russian occupation of their provinces — for now.

• August 10, 2010

The Obama Administration plans to sell 84 F-15 Eagle jet fighters to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the next ten years for a total of $30 billion.

• August 10, 2010

The International Assistance Mission (IAM) has confirmed that the aid workers killed last week in Afghanistan were volunteers with the Christian organization. One of the victims was a 35-year-old German woman.

• August 9, 2010

Afghanistan and expansion of Iran’s Chabahar port dominated discussions between visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohd Ali Fathollahi and the Indian leaders on Friday.

• August 7, 2010

Kyrgyz troops fired blank rounds into a crowd trying to reach a mass demonstration outside parliament on Thursday, averting what the Central Asian state's security chief said could be an attempt to oust the government.

• August 5, 2010

Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division shield themselves from the dust as a Medivac helicopter takes off outside Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar July 30, 2010. One soldier lost his leg and another was hit by shrapnel after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blew up during a patrol near the base

• August 5, 2010

Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the country will push back its deadline for destroying chemical weapons stockpiles by as much as three years due to budget and technical problems.

• August 4, 2010

While we obsessed over Russian spies, top diplomats were working to stop a greater espionage problem: the threat of cyberwarfare.

• July 29, 2010