Afghanistan
Gates Discusses Way Forward in Afghanistan - AFPS
Few Taliban Leaders Take Afghan Offer to Switch Sides - NYT
Gates Acknowledges Talks with Taliban - NYT
Gates Confirms Talks with Taliban - WT
Gates Confirms US-Taliban Talks in Afghanistan - BBC
US Confirms Talks with Taliban - ABC
Gates: Headway in Taliban Talks May be Months Off - Reuters
Karzai Blasts US, NATO for 'Using' Afghanistan - CSM
US Ambassador Responds to Karzai's Criticisms - NYT
US Envoy Reproaches Afghan President on Criticism - AP
Afghan Suicide Attack Targets German Soldiers - VOA
NATO: Afghan Soldier Who Shot Mentor Killed - AP
Afghanistan: Will Deal With IMF Crisis After Summer Holiday - Reuters
Afghanistan's Last Locavores - NYT opinion
Pakistan
Suspicions Rise as Pakistan Bomb Labs Empty Before Raids - NYT
Pakistani Chief Seeks to Repair Dented Army Pride - S&S
Fighting Kills 29 in Northwest Pakistan - VOA
Attack on Pakistan Military Triggers Heavy Clashes - AP
Pakistan Says It Drives Militants Into Afghanistan - Reuters
Rare US Missile Attacks Hit Northwest Pakistan - AP
US Missile Strike Kills Seven Militants in Pakistan - Reuters
Pakistan Ambassador Defends Questioning of Informants - VOA
Syria
Assad Holds Hard Line on Unrest - BBC
Syrian Troops Ransack Northern Border Village - VOA
Syrian Army Cuts Off Lifeline to Thousands - AP
Turkey Sends Aid to Syrian Refugees Across Border - BBC
US Weighs War Crimes Charges for Syria - NYT
UK Foreign Minister to Syrian Leader: Reform or Go - AP
Assad Says National Dialogue to Start Soon - Reuters
Russia's Medvedev Opposed to UN Vote on Syria - Reuters
Obama Must Tell Assad to Go - WP opinion
Tough on Israel and Timid on Syria - WP opinion
Libya
US Legal Deadline for Libya Expires - VOA
Gates Says Libya Strategy 'Absolutely Right' - AFPS
Gates: Obama is Within Law in Libyan Operation - AP
NATO Admits Missile Hit a Civilian Home in Tripoli - NYT
NATO Confirms Libyan Strike Killed Civilians - WP
NATO Admits it Probably Hit Civilians in Libya - LAT
NATO to Investigate Claims of Civilian Deaths in Tripoli Air Strike - VOA
NATO Suggests 'Weapons Systems Failure' in Tripoli Raid - BBC
Inexperience Costing Rebels in Advance on Tripoli - Reuters
Claims of Wartime Rapes Unsettle and Divide Libyans - NYT
After Gaddafi - BBC opinion
Yemen
Soldiers and Militants Clash in Yemen, Leaving 21 Dead - NYT
Clashes in South Yemen Kill 12 Militants, 2 Soldiers - VOA
Twelve 'al-Qaeda Militants' Killed in Zinjibar - BBC
12 Militants Killed in Yemen by Shelling - AP
Thousands in Yemen Call for President's Son to Go - AP
Yemen's Trouble with Drones - CSM
Israel / Palestinians
Israel Asks US to Let Spy Pollard Attend Funeral - AP
Palestinian Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Talks 'on Hold' - BBC
Palestinian Reconciliation Summit Postponed - AP
Iraq
Gates: Iran Supplying Arms to Iraqi Shiite Groups - AP
With 'Big Gun', Iraqi Soldiers See Hope - WP
French Embassy Convoy Hit by Bomb in Baghdad - AP
Egypt
Egypt: New Party Struggles to Take Off - WP
Egypt Elections Expose Divisions in Muslim Brotherhood - NYT
Calls Grow in Egypt to Delay Elections - AP
Egypt Appoints New Foreign Minister - Reuters
Middle East / North Africa
Journalists Reject Allegations in Bahrain Court - AP
Lawmakers Want UN Rights Auditor Barred From Iran - Reuters
Tunisia's Former President Denies Charges Ahead of Monday Trial - VOA
Ex-Tunisia President Condemns Upcoming Trial - AP
Tunisia's Ex-President Goes on Trial in Absentia - AP
How 'The Family' Controlled Tunisia - WSJ
Thousands Protest in Morocco for More Reform - Reuters
Moroccan King's Backers Attack Democracy Activists - AP
Latest Developments in Arab World's Unrest - AP
Al Qaeda
Turn to Abductions Shows al-Qaida's Cash Squeeze - AP
US Department of Defense
Fiscal Crisis Requires Responsible Approach, Lynn Says - AFPS
Senate Panel Agrees on Defense Budget Blueprint - AP
Senate Bill Bans US Soil Guantánamo Jail Forever - MH
War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs - NYT
Military To Keep Robotic Edge in Face of $400 b. Cuts - Bloomberg
Is the Feres Doctrine (Medical Malpractice Suits) Fair? - S&S
United States
Pentagon Bomb Scare: Is the Suspect a Lone-Wolf Terrorist? - ABC
Bomb Threat on US Airways Flight Sparks Probe - Bloomberg
USDA Gay-sensitivity Training Seeks Larger Audience - WT
World
UN Reports Steady Rise of Refugees - NYT
UN: Poor Countries Bear the Brunt of Refugee Storm - AP
Africa
North-South Sudan: Abyei Agreement Hits 11th-Hour Snag - VOA
Monitor Says North Army Masses in Sudan Oil State - Reuters
Sudan: 15 Wounded in Darfur Fighting - AP
Somali Prime Minister Resigns, Reversing Pledge to Stay - VOA
Lauded Somalian Prime Minister Resigns Under Pressure - NYT
Somalia: PM Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Resigns - BBC
Conflict Arises Over Diamonds From Zimbabwe - LAT
Americas
Colombia Car Bomb Wounds 17,' Calamity' Averted - Reuters
Poll: Peru's Humala Has 70 Percent Approval Rating - Reuters
Poll: Peruvians Want Humala to Govern Like Lula - AP
Climate, Government Controls Hit Bolivia's Farmers - AP
After Surgery, Chavez Faces Troubles in Venezuela - AP
Venezuela: El Rodeo Inmates Transferred Amid Stand-off - BBC
Asia Pacific
US, Japanese Review Bases - WSJ
Delay Is Likely for a New US Air Base on Okinawa - NYT
Blast Wounds 5 in Philippine Bar Amid Terror Fears - AP
Another Top Terror Suspect on Trial in Indonesia - AP
Thai Army Takes Sides as Divisive Election Nears - Reuters
Burma Fighting Flares After Peace Talks Fail - Reuters
China Offers Riot Informers Cash and Other Awards - AP
Europe
Russia: Medvedev Hints He and Putin Won't Be 2012 Rivals - Reuters
Scrutiny of German Leader Builds as Debt Crisis Rattles Europe - NYT
Struggling to Stoke Economic Growth in Greece - NYT
Eurozone 'to Approve' Greece Loan - BBC
Spaniards Protest High Unemployment - WP
Spain: Madrid 'Euro-pact' Protesters Take to Streets - BBC
Italy: Berlusconi's Allies Back Italian Coalition for Now - Reuters
South Asia
Indian Military Delegation Visits China - VOA