housands of Italians marched on Saturday in an anti-mafia protest and called on all citizens to take a public stand against Italy’s powerful crime syndicates.Crying openly and shouting “Basta!” (Enough!), politicians and anti-mafia...

The United States gave Afghan police 70,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 51,000 pistols and 3,500 vehicles last year, part of $2.5 billion in spending to upgrade the force. Despite that influx of firepower, Taliban militants targeted police in dozens of...