PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Army surveillance planes flew Wednesday over suspected militant strongholds in Pakistan's northwestern tribal district where a major offensive is planned, and helicopter gunships hit several targets in advance strikes, officials said.
NEW DELHI, July 17 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had sought more time to act against anti-India militants because Islamabad's fight with the Taliban had entered a crucial phase.
AFGHANISTAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has narrowly approved a $106 billion bill to ensure financing for war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan over the coming months.
KABUL, June 17 (Xinhua) -- As the date for election campaign of presidential candidates formally begun on Tuesday in Afghanistan, several contenders for the country's highest executive post have launched their maiden drive to win over people's support.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces acting on tips Wednesday arrested a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq leader who was believed to be a mastermind of the assassination of a prominent Sunni lawmaker in Baghdad, officials said.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed by a roadside bomb southeast of Baghdad.
PALESTINE
Reporting from Washington (LA Times) -- U.S. officials reacted skeptically Monday to an Israeli proposal that the United States and other world powers guarantee that a new nation of Palestine remain demilitarized as a condition of its statehood.
JERUSALEM, June 16 (Washington Post) -- Former president Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were being treated "more like animals than human beings" by Israeli rules that have limited travel, banned the import of all but basic goods and prevented reconstruction since a three-week war ended earlier this year.
VENEZUELA
Caracas (Business Week) - Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez gave final approval on Tuesday to a bill paving the way for Venezuela's government to take a minimum 50 percent stake in the country's petrochemical companies.
(CNN) -- The government of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez heightened its battle Tuesday against the only critical private broadcaster left in the nation, launching a fourth investigation into the Globovision network.
MEXICO
WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- U.S. border agents will now check for guns and drug money in vehicles heading south over the border into Mexico, officials say.
(CNN) -- The killing last weekend of a Catholic priest and two seminary students in southwest Mexico marked the first time that drug cartel hit men have purposefully targeted a clergyman, said Manuel Corral, public relations secretary for Mexico's Council of Bishops.
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