WASHINGTON (AFP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to fly to London Tuesday to discuss the stakes in Afghanistan as the United States and Britain pressed their allies to do more to crush a resurgent Taliban.

ANKARA – Turkish warplanes struck some 70 Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq on Monday in the latest in a series of strikes, the General Staff said.

MOSCOW  – Poland and the Czech Republic could become targets for the Russian military if they agree to host elements of a U.S. missile defense system, Russian news agencies quoted a senior Russian lawmaker as saying on Monday.