In September, 333 children died in the civil war raging in Syria. Of the dead in September 333 were women, and 78 were women who died under torture.

NATO leaders meet in Chicago this weekend for a summit that will focus largely on the alliance's combat-force withdrawal from Afghanistan and its postmilitary role. But contentious plans for a European missile-defense system and the alliance's future vision will also be up for discussion.

NATO leaders meet in Chicago this weekend for a summit that will focus largely on the alliance's combat-force withdrawal from Afghanistan and its postmilitary role. But contentious plans for a European missile-defense system and the alliance's future vision will also be up for discussion.

NATO's chief says the first comprehensive test has been completed of the alliance's planned new missile-defense system in Europe.

In an exclusive interview with a major NATO summit on the horizon where Afghanistan is supposed to dominate the agenda, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen talks about a range of issues, including expressing regret that Moscow continues to see missile defense as a national threat.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has dismissed warnings from Moscow regarding NATO's plan to construct a missile-defense system in Europe.

NATO says an attacker wearing an Afghan Army uniform opened fire on international troops in southern Afghanistan on May 6, killing one.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has reiterated that the alliance's plan to build a missile-defense shield in Europe will not "threaten" Russia.

NATO just announced the 20 winners of its "iReps" contest, and one of them is named -- wait for it -- Nato.

The desecration occured at the Benghazi Military Cemetery in Libya. Muslims destroyed the graves of Christian and Jewish military personnel who had served during WWII. They also destroyed a Christian cross.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the alliance is on track to fully hand over responsibility for securing Afghanistan to local forces by the end of 2014 as scheduled.

NATO's chief says Bosnia has more work to do before it can take the next step toward NATO membership.

NATO said two of its soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan -- one in a roadside bomb explosion, the other in a suspected militant attack.

NATO says Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has telephoned Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his victory in Russia's presidential election, and they agreed to meet "in the not-too-distant future."

The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan has conceded that several children died during a military operation in the northeastern province of Kapisa, but says it's not clear if NATO was to blame.

NATO special representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai visited Azerbaijan on February 11 to discuss routes from NATO cargo to, and from Afghanistan.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says he expects Afghan forces to take full responsibility for security in the country by mid-2013, allowing NATO to gradually phase out combat troops from that time.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says there will be no summit with Russia in May if there is no deal by then on missile defense cooperation.

Awaiting French president Sarkozy's signature is a bill outlawing the denial of the historicity of the Turkish genocide of Armenians almost 100 years ago. Turkey is hopping mad about it.

A permanent rift between NATO allies France and Turkey over a bill awaiting President Sarkozy's signature that would outlaw the denial of the Armenian genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks in the early 1900s.

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia not to build up military near the alliance's borders, calling such a move "a complete waste" of finances.

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia not to build up military near the alliance's borders, calling such a move "a complete waste" of finances.

NATO has ended its training mission in Iraq.

The commander of NATO troops in Kosovo has identified an ethnic Serb businessman and his brother as the leaders of recent attacks on international forces in northern Kosovo.

NATO foreign ministers and their Russian counterparts convene for meetings in Brussels amid tensions over a missile-defense system the military alliance wants to deploy in Europe.

The chief of staff of the Russian armed forces says Russia is being pushed into a new arms race by the planned deployment of a NATO missile-defense system in Europe.

An Islamist party is in power in Turkey, a NATO ally of the US. But is there change afoot regarding religion?

The NATO-led force in Kosovo says 25 of its soldiers have been wounded -- including two from gunfire -- in clashes with ethnic Serbs in Kosovo.

A spokesman for NATO-led troops in Afghanistan confirms that NATO aircraft were called in to support troops during an incident near the border with Pakistan, and its forces were "highly likely" responsible for deaths of at least 26 Pakistani soldiers.

Ayatollah Khameini promised 'iron fists' should Israel or the US attack. Gen. Hajizadeh promises a missle strike on Turkey.

A spokesman for NATO-led troops in Afghanistan confirms that NATO aircraft were called in to support troops during an incident near the border with Pakistan, and its forces were "highly likely" responsible for deaths of at least 26 Pakistani soldiers.

A tremor registering 5.6 on the Richter scale struck Turkey overnight. Over 100 people are missing and 7 are dead. An earthquake on Oct. 23 claimed over 600 lives.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Georgia needs further reforms to get a full-time membership in the military alliance.