UN Deputy secretary-general said that there appears to be growing agreement - including from the African Union and west African nations.

Niccolo Pollari was sentenced for his role in the kidnapping of an Egyptian Muslim cleric in an operation organized by the United States.

U.S. will end combat operations in Afghanistan by the end of 2014; it’s unclear how large of a residual training force will remain behind.

Richard Linklater has firm ties to the Berlinale, having won the best directing Silver Bear here in 1995 for Before Sunrise.

One of the insurgent leaders committed a series of murders last year, including the shooting of two village officials.

His brother, Zhanybek Bakiyev, former head of the State Protection Service, was sentenced in absentia to life on six charges including mass murder.