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.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The commander of the Israeli Air Force says the regime’s decision makers have been preparing plans to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities.