Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s decision earlier this month to overturn the ruling of the Election Commission to delay the election to August 20 has itself been overturned, and the commission has once again set the date for August 20. Holding the election in August would require President Karzai to remain in office for several months [...]
As Japan continues to fret over a planned test launch in North Korea, the military is preparing to deploy the “Son of Star Wars” missile defense system in case they decide to try to shoot down a North Korean rocket. “If it is capable of reaching Japan then it goes without saying that we will [...]
Terrorist attacks in troubled Pakistan are nothing new, but today’s attack in Lahore, which killed six police and two civilian bystanders and injured several others seems to have captured the attention of not just the nation, but much of the world as well. The 12 attackers, who the Lahore police chief said “appeared to be [...]
As the bloody drug war between the Mexican government and the assorted drug cartels along the US border continues to escalate, one US Defense Department official has revealed that the Pentagon estimates that the cartels have at their disposal over 100,000 troops, roughly on par with the Mexican army’s 130,000 troops. The latest news in [...]
The reports yesterday that the Obama Administration has offered to abandon the missile defense shield in Eastern Europe in return for Russian help in diplomatic measures against the Iranian government were publicly responded to by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today. Medvedev considered the letter from President Obama a “positive signal,” but said that he would [...]
Sri Lanka once again rejected international calls for a ceasefire in their several decade long war against Tamil separatists yesterday, declaring that the fighting would only stop when the rebels lay down their arms. But as the war rages on, the Sri Lankan military has pushed the separatists into an ever-shrinking corner. At this point [...]
Top Israeli officials are reportedly concerned that a potential rightist government led by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu would establish that the Annapolis peace process is dead, and this “will undoubtedly harm Israel’s relations with the US.” An unnamed official close to Netanyahu said that when the would-be PM meets with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she has serious doubts that Iran would respond to the Obama Administration’s interest to engage in diplomacy on its nuclear program, and that “our eyes are wide open on Iran.” Secretary Clinton apparently did not believe that the Iranian President’s remarks during last month’s 30th anniversary of the Iranian [...]
When NATO agrees on its latest strategy for the war in Afghanistan, French Defense Minister Herve Morin believes that they should set a specific timetable for its goals and for the “start of the withdrawal of alliance forces.” Over seven years into the war, the international commitment seems open-ended, and with forces rapidly losing ground [...]
Russian newspapers are reporting this evening that President Barack Obama has offered to abandon America’s controversial missile defense shield program in Eastern Europe in return for Russian help in stopping Iran’s civilian nuclear program. Such a move had been speculated about weeks ago, but the papers are citing unnamed White House sources claiming the Obama [...]
