Nearly 3,000 American soldiers who arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces have begun operations and are already seeing combat.

PREGNANCY rates are much higher among teenagers who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behaviour, compared with those with tamer viewing tastes.

Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teenagers who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behaviour compared with those who have tamer viewing tastes.

ARMED conflicts have declined by 40% since the end of the Cold War primarily because the United Nations was finally able to launch peacekeeping and conflict-prevention operations around the world, according to a new study.

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the terrorist leader allegedly claiming responsibility for the graphic beheading of a US civilian in Iraq, is adopting an increasingly public and influential role among Islamic militants, US officials and terrorism experts say.

SAUDI ARABIA is an enemy of the US and should be warned to halt its “support” for terrorism or face seizure of its oil fields, analysts told the Pentagon.

Saudi Arabia is an enemy of the US and should be warned to halt its "support" for terrorism or face seizure of its oil fields, analysts told the Pentagon.