In the proposed 2011 Defense Authorization Bill, abortions could be allowed at Defense Department medical facilities. And early today, a US aid agency compound was attacked by Taliban militants.

Bill Would OK Abortion at Military Hospitals

A provision in the proposed 2011 Defense Authorization bill would allow abortions for military women and spouses at Defense Department medical facilities. The provision, included in the bill as an amendment by Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., would apply to DoD medical facilities in the U.S. and abroad, but appears to be primarily aimed at making abortions available to deployed servicewomen.

4 killed in Taliban attack on U.S. aid agency compound in Afghanistan

Taliban militants attacked the compound of a U.S. aid agency subcontractor in northern Afghanistan early Friday, killing at least four people and wounding 20 others, government officials said.

21 dead after shootout near border in Mexico

A shootout near the U.S.-Mexico border between rival groups with ties to organized crime left 21 people dead Thursday, Mexican police officials said.

Judge: Detainee not Suffering From PTSD

NEW YORK -– A Guantanamo Bay detainee awaiting a September trial in a civilian court is trying to frustrate his prosecution by claiming he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and cannot attend court proceedings, a judge ruled Thursday.

4 CG Members Charged in Fatal Collision

SAN DIEGO -– The Coast Guard filed criminal charges Thursday against four members of the service involving the collision of one of its patrol boats and a civilian craft that killed an 8-year-old boy and injured five other people on San Diego Bay.

Explosions at shrine in Pakistan kill dozens

The death toll climbed to 50 on Friday after a pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives vests at one of Pakistan’s holiest shrines, police said.

Your view: Success in Afghanistan

The situation in Afghanistan is intensifying. This includes record coalition troop deaths in June, tumult and transition among the war’s leadership and another Taliban attack, this time on the Jalalabad airport.

Army: Checking each Arlington grave must wait

The Army is making “steady progress” toward resolving the myriad problems at Arlington National Cemetery, but it will not examine all of the 330,000-plus gravesites for improper markings and other issues uncovered by a recent investigation until graves records are completely automated, the service’s top civilian said Wednesday.

Israel hits weapons facility in northern Gaza

(CNN) — The Israeli air force hit a weapons manufacturing facility and “terror” sites in Gaza overnight, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said Thursday.

NATO Captures Taliban District Chief

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and international troops captured a Taliban district chief in a four-hour gunbattle in the southern province of Helmand, NATO said Thursday.