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Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says that locals in an area about 35 miles north of Baghdad tipped off the government to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's location several weeks ago. That information was then passed along to U.S. officials, who used it to kill Zarqawi and seven associates with an airstrike Wednesday.

To see the extent to which the Republican political calendar and Donald Trump's legal calendar are intertwined, it's helpful to see them laid out together.

As dust settles from the death of al-Qaida figure Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the focus in Baghdad shifts to the Iraqi government and how the nation's leaders intend to fix overwhelming security problems.

U.S. and Iraqi government troops move deeper into the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, as an overnight operation thrusts into the eastern part of the city, an area previously under insurgent control. Since U.S. forces captured the nearby town of Fallujah in November of 2004, Ramadi has been a main base of the insurgency.

Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer who authored memos detailing how Republicans could send false slates of presidential electors to Congress, has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case.

Israel announced the release of the two hostages, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan of Illinois, on Friday. The pair was captured during Hamas' attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf won Saturday's election handily, though a pending Supreme Court decision could rule him ineligible. That ruling won't occur until Oct. 17 at the earliest, but Pakistan residents seem relatively indifferent to the outcome.

Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has won Saturday's presidential election. Theoretically, though, the Supreme Court could decide not to allow Musharraf to be sworn in for another term, if the court decides his candidacy is illegal.

Gen. Pervez Musharraf won re-election as Pakistan's president Saturday. Attention promptly shifted to Pakistan's Supreme Court, which still must rule on whether it was legal for the general to run for office while still in uniform. The election and turmoil leading up to it has meant little to ordinary Pakistanis.

Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that President Pervez Musharraf is allowed to contest the Oct. 6 election, dismissing legal challenges that he could not run while remaining army chief. The ruling virtually assures Musharraf will remain Pakistan's leader.