The Iraqi Parliament's debate on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) was expected to be contentious, but it would have been difficult to envision just how contentious things ended up today. Influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's parliamentary bloc had firmly...
The Iraqi parliament continues to debate the contentious Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States which would govern the operation of US forces in Iraq when the current UN mandate expires at the end of the year. Both the Iraqi and US governments had...
A US drone strike hit Bannu District in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province today, killing six suspected militants. Bannu District borders both North and South Waziristan, the usual site of US missile attacks, but the strike was farther from the Afghan border than...
Amnesty International has issued a comprehensive new report on the August war between Russia and Georgia in which it details concerns regarding serious human rights violations and urges an investigation into the conduct of all parties. Serious accusations were once...
As Pakistan's Bajaur offensive moves into its fourth month, Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen has praised the operation as having "great significance" in security along the Afghan-Pakistan border in the region. The announcement comes just days after US...
As reported yesterday, the Israeli government allowed 33 trucks of humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip. Allowing the international community to send food to the troubled strip is certainly a positive step toward repairing the tenuous ceasefire with Hamas, but...
It has been over three years since Somalia's self-proclaimed government was booted from its upscale hotels by the neighboring Kenyan government and attempted to actually assert its authority over the long-stateless nation. Propped up by international support and a...
After coming under rocket fire from across the border, NATO troops in Afghanistan's Paktika Province fired 20 artillery rounds into Angoor Adda, South Waziristan. The incident occurred on Sunday, but it is unclear as of yet if anyone was killed in the shelling....
As the Iraqi parliament debates the final draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States one of the key revisions which has quelled some (though not all) discontent with the deal was to remove a clause which explicitly left open the possibility...
Between eight and 12 Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip today, causing no injuries and doing minimal damage in the latest incident in a two week spate of attacks on both sides which have threatened to end a five-month long ceasefire between Israel and...
