US and Israeli-led efforts to stave off the Palestinian Authority’s bid for statehood at the United Nations has failed. PA President Mahmoud Abbas will give a speech on Friday before the UN, and then submit his application for full Palestinian membership. This could mark a turning point in how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is approached diplomatically. [...]
Did Israeli FM’s Comments Encourage PKK Attacks Against Turkey? | PKK wing vows to attack big cities
Iraqi Parliament Speaker: Govt Not Telling MPs About US Troop Deal | Insists Maliki govt offered no briefings
The military’s widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles to attack and surveil various war zones from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Libya and others has been some what controversial as a weapon of war. But the ubiquitous drone is now being utilized in domestic police forces, presenting even more serious legal questions than before. The [...]
Ceasefire Over: 15 Killed in New Yemen Violence | GCC again leaves Sanaa without a settlement
From 2005-2010, the United States and other donor nations paid for 90 percent of the expenditures of the Afghan government, according to a new study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). It found that the U.S. paid for 62 percent, while other donor nations paid 28 percent. This paid for budget items such as salaries for government [...]
Admiral Mike Mullen said that the Inter Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s intelligence agency, is supporting militant extremists in the Haqqani network in Afghanistan, at a Senate hearing on Thursday. With rising insurgent violence in Afghanistan – including a deadly 20-hour assault on the US Embassy in Kabul, which the US blamed on the Haqqani network – the [...]
Syrian Troops Seen Massing in Major Protest Cities | Beatings reported as schoolchildren begin protesting
A radical offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K.) says it is responsible for two recent bomb attacks in Turkey. The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (T.A.K.) claimed bombings in the cities of Ankara and Kemer.
Pakistan Challenges US to Prove Allegations | Warns US not to invade tribal areas
