The European Union says Iran has agreed to resume talks over its controversial nuclear program after November 10. The announcement was made by the EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on the sidelines of a key European summit.

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton spoke to reporters briefly in Brussels, where leaders from the 27-member block wrapped up a two-day summit.

North Waziristan is inside Pakistan, but outside the law. Located along the border with Afghanistan, North Waziristan has become a crossroads for terrorism.

It is a mixed cauldron of armed jihadi organizations including the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban, al-Qaida and one of the deadliest insurgent groups, the network of Jalaluddin Haqqani.

An Afghan-led operation in the Arghistan District of Kandahar province, Oct. 28, was able to disrupt an insurgent network known to facilitate attacks on Afghan and coalition forces in the province.

The operation resulted in 24 enemy killed-in-action and was led by Col. Abdul Raziq, commander of the Afghan Border Police. The ABP was partnered with a force of soldiers from Special Operations Task Force – South.

In the continuing effort to rid Afghanistan of improvised explosive devices, Afghan National Army soldiers recently completed the initial portion of an IED detection course.

ANA soldiers enrolled in the Explosive Hazard Reduction Course finished the three-day, basic search segment of the class at the Joint Security Academy Southwest at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 29.

TIKRIT AIR BASE, Iraq (AFNS) -- For the past six months, Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission-Air Force air advisers with the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron have been training Iraqi pilots to become T-6 Texan II instructor pilots to rebuild the Iraqi air force.

Every time one of these characters decides to attack or kill another citizen, and particularly if that person is a civilian law enforcement officer, the fallout inevitably encompasses the firearms community. Gun prohibitionists have concluded that the way to disarm criminals is to take guns away from their law-abiding would-be victims. That’s the kind of logic that comes straight off the stable floor, if you get my drift.

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Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Thursday that France was in a state of "extreme vigilance" but he played down al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's latest threat to attack French citizens.

French officials said a recording of Bin Laden's threats aired Wednesday was authentic, but they minimized his ability to strike France as well as his connection with the kidnap of French nationals in Africa.

Bin Laden threatened to kill French nationals to avenge the country's support for the war in Afghanistan and a new law that bans full-face veils in France.

Somalia's al-Qaida linked al-Shabab militants have executed two girls accused of spying for the Somali government.

A firing squad killed the two teenagers in the town of Beledweyne on Wednesday while several hundred people watched.

An al-Shabab judge says the two were arrested last week and charged with spying for Somali forces.

The Islamic militant group has been trying to turn Somalia into a strict Islamic state. The group has imposed a harshly conservative form of sharia, or Islamic law, in the areas it rules.

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