Tensions With Pakistan A New Excuse for Keeping Afghan War Going US Offers $10 Million for Capture of Head of Banned Pakistani Charity
First Contingent of US Troops Arrives in Australia Aimed at containing a rising China, US troops presence in Australia will grow to 2,500 by 2016
ICC Rejects Palestinian Bid to Investigate Israeli War Crimes Palestine is technically not an internationally recognized state, says the ICC, and thus outside their jurisdiction
West African States Impose Sanctions, Seal Off Mali Borders Regional Bloc Mobilizes Troops After Dakar Summit
Libyan Govt. Seeks Ceasefire as Two Western Towns Clash 34 Zwara Militia Members Captured by Neighboring Town
Israeli Military: Enemy Attack Would Kill “Less Than 300” Downplays Worst-Case Scenario for Regional War
Jordanians Face Military Tribunal, 10 Years in Prison for Speech The tyranny in Jordan harshly suppresses democracy with US help
In Escalating Drone War, US Targets Yemen Rulers’ Rivals Al Qaeda-affiliated or not, ill-defined 'militants' assassinated from the sky
Iraqi Kurdistan Halts Oil Exports Over Feud With Baghdad Dispute Centers on Maliki Govt's Claims of Exclusive Right to Export Oil