An aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says that the Iraqi government expects a US reply on a myriad of submitted amendments to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) sometime after Tuesday's election. The most recent draft of the SOFA was initially reported...
With Syrian officials demanding a formal apology for last Sunday's attack and US officials painting it as a "warning" to the Syrian government to do more about policing its borders, it would come as quite a surprise to learn that the two governments may have...
US General Henry Obering is "very concerned" this week as Polish lawmakers still haven't ratified August's deal to host a US interceptor missile base in Northern Poland. The base, ostensibly aimed at preventing Iranian missile strikes but being built well outside of...
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani once again warned NATO that the unilateral air strikes into Pakistani territory were "counter-productive" today as the United States launched two drone strikes, in North and South Waziristan Agency, respectively, killing a...
The New York Times is reporting that the Bush Administration held a secret meeting two weeks ago to brief advisers from the campaigns of both Republican Presidential nominee John McCain and his Democratic Party counterpart Barack Obama on the ever-deteriorating...
Updated 10/31 7:40 PM EST US drones launched two separate attacks in the North and South Waziristan Agencies of Pakistan today, killing 32 people. The primary target in North Waziristan appears to be a "mid level al-Qaeda leader" known as Abu Akash al-Iraqi. One...
Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani, visiting Washington DC as part of a delegation aiming to rescue the faltering Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq, has dropped something of a bombshell as the Washington Times...
Massoud Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, said yesterday that he believes it is "doubtful" that the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq will be approved by Iraq's cabinet and parliament by the end of...
Updated 10/31 12:00 PM EST At least 11 and possibly as many as 18 bombs were detonated in rapid succession in and around Guwahati, in the Indian state of Assam, killing at least 77 people and wounding at least 470 others. The bombs were largely hidden on motorcycles...
As promised earlier this week by Pakistani Senate leader Raza Rabbani, the Pakistani government has summoned US Ambassador Anne Patterson today to lodge a "strong protest" against the continued US drone strikes inside Pakistani territory. The government statement...
