Afghan authorities take over biggest bank to avoid meltdown

Canada’s Operation Samosa and the Pakistani connection

Two men on United flight from Chicago arrested in Amersterdam on charges of ‘preparation of a terrorist attack’

Police say Ottawa suspects planned bomb attacks

US, Afghanistan plan to screen cash at Kabul airport to prevent corruption

UAE moves on illegal nuclear and weapons trade

Aid cash feared lost as £2bn is flown out of Afghanistan

US officials say Karzai aides are derailing corruption cases involving elite

Iraq disarms Sunni tribal militias in Diyala

Pakistan arrests ‘halt secret UN contacts with Taliban’

Seven arrested in Iranian weapon smuggling plot

Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving Afghanistan by plane for Dubai

Israel: Slain Hamas leader key arms smuggler
