Hundreds of ultra-conservative Salafists clash with security forces, attack a police station and damage shops selling alcohol in a Tunisian town.

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Salafists clash in Tunisian town

The Syrian army and security forces are responsible for most of the serious rights abuses committed since March, say UN-mandated investigators.

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Syria army ‘behind rights abuses’

Nato leaders have formalised an agreement to hand control of Afghanistan to its own security forces in 2013. The summit also confirmed its timetable for a full combat pullout by 2014. Mark Mardell reports.

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VIDEO: Nato to quit Afghan combat role in 2013

More than 170 people are detained after deadly clashes between protesters and Egyptian security forces in Cairo, military sources say.

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Dozens held after Egypt clashes

A bomb targeting security forces near a marketplace in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 20 people, local officials say.

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Pakistan market bomb ‘kills 20′

A bomb targeting security forces near a marketplace in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 20 people, local officials say.

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Pakistan market bomb ‘kills 20′

At least four people are killed as Syrian security forces and militiamen raid student accommodation in the second city, Aleppo, activists say.

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‘Deadly raid hits Syria students’

Afghan security forces apparently opened fire on NATO in southern Afghanistan earlier this week, American and Afghan officials revealed late Thursday and Friday.

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Afghan Security Forces Attack Coalition Troops, Officials Say

The UK will fund Afghan security forces after British combat operations in the country cease in 2014, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

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UK Afghan funding ‘beyond 2014′

Syrian security forces are reportedly shelling rebel-held areas of Homs, as the UN’s secretary general prepares to ask for a larger observer mission.

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Syrian military ‘pounding Homs’

TEHRAN — Iranian security forces have arrested an Israeli-backed “terrorist team” that was planning attacks inside Iran, the Intelligence Ministry announced Tuesday, four days before crucial nuclear talks with world powers . Read full article > >

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Iran says it captured Israel-backed ‘terrorist team’

BEIRUT — Syrian officials on Sunday called for a written guarantee that rebels would lay down their arms before government security forces withdraw from towns, jeopardizing hopes that a U.N.-brokered peace plan could halt violence there. Read full article > >

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Syria demands guarantees from rebels before withdrawing from cities

FOR MORE THAN a decade after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, France avoided the spectacular plots, attributed to al-Qaeda or its sympathizers, that shocked Britain, Spain and Germany. But the string of killings that led to a police standoff Wednesday with a suspect in Toulouse seems to have much in common with those episodes: an alleged assailant born into an immigrant community, who was radicalized during travels to Afghanistan and Pakistan; a local group of like-minded extremists; and a failure by security forces to head off a threat despite their knowledge of the suspect. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: French attacks highlight the country’s immigrant challenge

The United States is “on track” to achieve its military goals in Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander told Congress on Tuesday, and the capabilities of Afghan security forces are “better than we thought” as they move toward assuming full responsibility for their country. Read full article > >

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Gen. Allen says Afghan war ‘on track’ despite violence, setbacks

Syrian security forces disregarded a growing outcry as they continued the bombardment of the city of Homs, now in its 20th day.

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Syrian Forces Continue Shelling of Homs for 20th Day