The president and defense officials say a scaled-back military will still be able to fight terrorists and confront new threats. But some aren’t so sure.

A British Red Cross worker has been abducted in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta.

William Hague is making an historic visit to Burma, becoming the first British Foreign Secretary to enter the country since 1955.

At least 68 people have been killed in a spate of attacks as Iraq is rocked by a political crisis just weeks after the withdrawal of US troops.