With the outlook in Afghanistan already looking worse every day, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen told reporters this morning that the situation in Afghanistan will likely get even worse next year. He said the situation will not improve until the...
In what Serbian newspapers are calling a "great diplomatic victory," the UN General Assembly has voted 77-6 to ask the International Court of Justice to examine the question "Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the provisional institutions of...
A late August US air strike in Herat Province which killed at least 90 civilians, most of them children, according to both the United Nations and the Afghan government has been a matter of continuing embarrassment for international forces and a source of tension...
North Korea has barred IAEA inspectors from all portions of the Yongbyon nuclear facility. They had previously expelled monitors from only a small portion of the overall facility. North Korea has had the UN remove all seals and surveillance equipment from the reactor....
The National Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan is nearing completion, and while as reported before the document will be classified, the New York Times has spoken with officials privy to the contents of a draft version of the report, and offers some new insights on...
Much has been made of the rumored peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban, and while both the Taliban and the Afghan government have made rather public denials that any such talks are ongoing, the United States has been totally silent on the report. That is,...
South Korean Joint Chiefs chairman General Kim Tae-Young says he believes North Korea is attempting to develop, or may have already developed a nuclear warhead small enough to be carried by its missiles. He said it was not clear if they already had the warheads or...
Though Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte claimed that the Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqi government is "close," the question of troop immunity remains a point of serious contention between the two sides. Serious enough that until the issue is...
Updated 10/8 2:20 PM EST The United States has concluded its promised inquiry into August's air strike in Afghanistan's Herat Province. Both Afghan and UN investigations concluded that the US strike killed at least 90 civilians, most of them children. The US hotly...
Presidential candidates Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama held a town-hall style presidential debate this evening in Nashville, TN, and though the bulk of the discussion focused on domestic policy the two did make several noteworthy foreign policy comments late...
