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U.S. ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad outlines the process for a gradual withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. Meanwhile, the military announced the deaths of seven Marines killed Monday.

The Iraqi committee drafting the country's new constitution may need more time to complete the task. Several fundamental issues are still unsolved and many committee members say the August 15 deadline can't be met. NPR's Philip Reeves in Baghdad has the latest developments.

Josh Paul tells NPR why the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas conflict pushed him to quit the bureau that oversees arms transfers to foreign nations. Experts say it's unlikely to change much.

Near Basra in southern Iraq, police find the body of an American freelance journalist -- Steven Vincent -- who was abducted Tuesday night and shot dead. Vincent had been living in Basra for three months while working on a book.

As U.S. forces seek out the last remaining pockets of resistance in Fallujah, insurgents in Mosul, Baqouba and other Sunni Muslim towns and cities are back on the offensive. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

Afghanistan holds its first parliamentary election in decades. Ten people were killed in the hours leading to the balloting. Results aren't expected for a week or more.

The outcome of Tuesday's election is not met with much optimism in Baghdad. Iraqis closely followed the U.S. vote, able to get more information than they could under Saddam. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Afghans go to the polls for the first direct election in the country's war torn history. The Bush administration calls Afghanistan as a success story but is this true? Afghans speak about what they think about the upcoming election. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

Afghanistan's presidential balloting has run into an immediate challenge. Rivals to interim President Hamid Karzai called for a boycott, saying ink stamped onto voters' hands in a bid to prevent fraud washed off too easily. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Nearly a week after the South Asian quake, residents of one remote village in northern Pakistan went to Friday prayers in an open field because the quake destroyed the village mosque.