After failing to convince the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party to join a new coalition government, Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni has advised Israeli President Shimon Peres to call for a new election. President Peres did not immediately set a date, saying he wanted to...
US Threatens to Halt Services if Iraq Rejects Troop Deal
As the United States struggles to get Iraqi officials to change their position on the all-but-dead Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) top US commander General Ray Odierno has issued a three-page letter to high ranking Iraqi officials. The letter includes a list of...
Pakistan PM Slams US After Latest Drone Strike Kills 20
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani publicly condemned the "intolerable" series of unilateral US drone strikes launched in North and South Waziristan in the past two months at a press conference today. He said the strike were an attack on Pakistan's national...
Syria Condemns US Attack as “Serious Aggression”
An unnamed US military official has confirmed the attack on the Syrian border town of al-Sukkariya earlier this evening, which killed at least eight and wounded 14 others. He said the attack targeted "elements of a robust foreign fighter logistics network" and that...
20 Killed in US Drone Attack in South Waziristan
Updated 10/26 6:50 PM EST A US drone attack on a suspected "militant compound" near South Waziristan Agency's main city of Wana has destroyed the compound, and killed at least 20 people. This is the second reported US drone strike in the past few days, and the 12th in...
US Helicopters, Commandos Attack Syrian Border Town Killing Eight
Updated 10/26 6:20 PM EST In a report from local witnesses later confirmed by a Syrian government spokesman, Two US helicopters landed in the Syrian border town of Al-Sukkariya while others remained in the air and eight American soldiers exited. The soldiers killed at...
Report: US Air Strike Kills 24 Afghan Guards
Updated 10/26 1:45 PM EST US forces called in an air strike in Ghazni Province to fend off a Taliban attack on guards for a road construction project. Now, provincial officials say they are investigating reports that the air strike killed 24 guards. A spokesman for...
US-Iraq Deal ‘Dead in the Water’
The US State Department has summoned Massoud al-Barzani, President of Iraqi Kurdistan, as part of a delegation to Washington DC later this week to discuss ways to rescue the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the US and Iraq, which top officials are saying is...
Bush Expected to Establish First Post-Revolution Diplomatic Presence in Iran
In a move expected to be announced sometime after November's US Presidential Election, President Bush will reportedly announce his intentions to establish an "interests section" in Iran. An Interests Section is a diplomatic office operating out of a third nation's...
Iraqi VP’s Party Severs US Ties Over Killing
Hundreds of local residents took to the streets chanting slogans against US forces while Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi's Iraqi Islamic Party announced that it was suspending all official contact with US civilian and military personnel after a Friday morning raid by...