In exclusive interviews, bomb squad soldiers and Buddhist and Muslim residents describe the suffering of a region.

On April 26, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and Foreign Policy at Brookings hosted a discussion on the situation in Pakistan and the threat facing the United States from al Qaeda nearly one year after the death of Osama bin Laden.

Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind.

The daring escape of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng from arrest threatens to overshadow high level talks between the U.S. and China in Beijing this week.

Aung San Suu Kyi changes her mind on parliament boycott; UN Sec Gen in town for talks.

At least 20 people, many of them members of the security forces, are reported killed in double bomb blasts in Idlib.

Activity from Mexico's famed Popocatepetl volcano slows down.

Protesters supporting Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng shout slogans outside the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong on April 30, 2012.

An attack on a prayer group in Kano, Nigeria, leaves at least 15 dead following similar attacks at the hands of Islamist militant sect Boko Haram.

Jose Rodriguez, who was a major player in the CIA's 'enhanced interrogations' program, speaks about his new book, 'Hard Measures.'

How will last year's mission to take out Osam bin Laden be used by the Obama campaign?

Reports say Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng -- who has been missing for a week -- is now under U.S. protection in Beijing.

Athena Jones looks at terror threats one year after Osama bin Laden was killed.

President's chief counterterrorism adviser discusses the state of affairs