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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In an interview today on NBC, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the US is in position to provide more help to the Mexican government to continue its fighting against drug cartels along the two nations' border. Gates declared the drug war "a serious problem,"...
On Monday, Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman is scheduled to meet with representatives from some of Israel's religious parties, in an attempt to come to some sort of understanding over the differences that are standing in the way of a narrow far right...
On January 29, the Afghan Election Commission decided to delay the nation's presidential elections until at least August 20. This would've effectively kept Afghan President Hamid Karzai in office for several months after his term ends (on May 22), and was publicly...
It hasn't even been a week since the Labor Party publicly ruled out joining a right-wing coalition government headed by Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, but the prospect of moving from a key ministership to head of a secondary opposition party already has party...
