The media has been abuzz with reports from diplomats that the IAEA discovered minute traces of processed uranium in samples taken from the suspected Syrian nuclear installation destroyed by Israel last September. IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei seems irked by attempts to...
Last week's Israeli raid on a house in the Gaza Strip led to a barrage of missiles and retaliatory strikes from both sides. The situation seems to have calmed down since then, though a rocket yesterday fired from the strip did hit Israel: causing no damage and no...
Without firing a shot, dozens of militants along the Khyber Pass border between Pakistan and Afghanistan managed to hijack a convoy of trucks bound for NATO forces in Afghanistan. One of the trucks was carrying Humvees, which the militants proudly took photos in front...
As Obama's aides continue to try to stifle hopes for the radical policy changes that were a cornerstone of his sweeping electoral victory, the surest sign thus far that little is going to change after the January 20 inauguration is swirling reports that he may ask...
With more than half of the Gaza Strip's 1,500,000 residents without power, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has decided to allow "limited" amounts of industrial diesel into the strip. The Israelis sealed off the strip last week after a series of clashes tested the...
Though newspapers have been reporting all day that President-elect Barack Obama intends to move swiftly to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay as soon as he takes office, sending detainees to face criminal trials in the US, his aides are suggesting...
With Pakistan's several month long offensive in Bajaur still causing a humanitarian nightmare in the tiny agency and no real end in sight as the government continues to reject offers from the militants for a ceasefire, the government is taking its efforts to secure...
The US military stopped vehicles carrying "suspected militants," sparking a clash which left 14 of them dead. The US used helicopters in the fight and seized numerous ammunition belts and small arms from the vehicles... another major victory over the Taliban...
US defense spending rose 72% over the course of the Bush Administration, from $381 billion in 2000 to $671 billion in 2008. President-elect Obama is expected to continue that trend, as he has vowed to increase the size of the military's ground forces. But the Defense...
The Associated Press has obtained a copy of the latest draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq, complete with all the changes requested by Iraq and agreed upon by the United States. Though the AP did not submit the entire...
