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The undercover agents hooked the Iranian arms broker slowly, setting up a phony storefront in Philadelphia and sending electronic messages that promised "our future is going to be big." But it took three years before authorities drew the man to a face-to-face meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, where he...

For Afghans, the change in tone from the United States was unmistakable and may have already succeeded in President Obama’s goal of focusing Afghans’ attention.

The sailors had been held after their racing yacht apparently drifted into Iranian waters.

Here is the text of the prepared testimony of Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, as released in advance by his office.

President Obama’s top cabinet officers were pressed by skeptical members of Congress to defend his case for a rapid build-up of troops, followed by withdrawals in 2011.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comments are likely to heighten tensions with the West over Iran’s program.

Some of the biggest contributors to the NATO coalition withheld promises of immediate troop reinforcements.