Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the Iranian nation is determined to resist any threat or sanctions.

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A woman hemorrhages to death as she lies screaming in agony in a Spartan hut in a remote region of Afghanistan. There is no doctor or midwife to help and the hospital is several days journey away.

A strike force of US marines punched through Taliban frontlines in southern Helmand today as part of an Afghan “mini surge” intended to weaken the insurgents’ grip on the war-ravaged south.