WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A broad Bush administration revision in its war strategy in Afghanistan is keying in on the country's burgeoning drug trafficking trade, U.S. officials say.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. State Department officials praised Libya for blocking al-Qaida operations in North Africa and slowing recruitment of militants to fight in Iraq.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The Saudi program of rehabilitation for violent Islamic extremists, under which more than 1,500 have been released from jail in the kingdom, is drawing praise from U.S. officials, but some observers remain skeptical.