With widespread reports of US drones looming in the skies over Waziristani villages, sewing panic, it comes as little surprise that tonight one of the drones fired on a house in just outside of Miramshah, in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, killing two and injuring...
Back-story on the Arab world’s newest folk hero.
When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wraps up her final visit to the United Nations tomorrow, it is reported that she will urge the Security Council to authorize "all necessary measures" to combat piracy in Somalia, including allowing foreign militaries to launch...
Muntadar al-Zeidi’s act of defiance is praised across the Arab world as Iraqi officials struggle to determine if he (seriously) acted alone.
A 500+ page draft of a federal report by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has been obtained and made publicly available by the New York Times. The report details the history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq and highlights...
Finishing up his two-day tour of the region, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown demanded "actions and not words" from the Pakistani government in dealing with the problem of terrorists operating out of the country. Taking a more accusatory tone than some Indian...
Yesterday, top US military commander in Iraq General Ray Odierno said that, though the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) explicitly requires all US forces to be out of Iraqi cities by June 30, he expects troops will remain in the cities past that date. The Sadr bloc's...
Israeli and Hamas officials both expect a renewal of hostilities when current ceasefire ends on Friday.
President Bush assures the war is far from over, journalist throws shoes at him.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi declared "mission accomplished" in their two-year military effort to prop up the self-appointed transitional national government of Somalia, and told parliament that Ethiopian forces would withdraw from the nation within weeks....
