Tensions continue to rise in the wake of Sunday's US strike inside Syria, who today demanded a formal apology from the US and compensation. Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad also called for a "pledge not to repeat" the attack, which he described as...
The Bush Administration has received and is reviewing the latest proposed amendments to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for Iraq. Though the exact terms of the amendments have no yet been released, one of the revisions is an explicit ban on US forces using Iraqi...
A ship chartered by The Free Gaza Movement has arrived in the Gaza Strip today, carrying 27 activists (including five doctors) and humanitarian supplies for the blockaded strip. It is the second voyage by the group to the strip, which is protesting the Israeli...
Senior US officials, commenting on Sunday's attack into Syria, said the strike was designed to send a warning to the Syrian government. "You have to clean up the global threat that is in your back yard, and if you won't do that, we are left with no choice but to take...
As the fallout continues from Sunday's US military strike into Syria, Syria's cabinet today denounced Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh for comments made in the wake of the attack which they said were an "unacceptable and irresponsible justification for this...
Ever since the Georgian shelling of Tskhinvali sparked its brief August war with Russia, both sides have claimed loudly and consistently that the other has committed war crimes. This has included over 3,000 complaints filed with the European Court of Human Rights...
A major defeat in this weekend's elections has left the Czech Republic's coalition government teetering and Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek under growing pressure to resign and hold new national elections, but it has also put the unpopular US radar station in serious...
Spokesmen from both the White House and the State Department have vowed to press on with US ambitions for a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority by the end of the year, but the prospect seems all but dead with Israeli President Shimon Peres...
The reports of the Afghan government seeking some kind of rapprochement with the Taliban seem stronger than ever, and in a move which General David Petraeus said he supports earlier this month the United States may be considering not just backing the talks but being...
In a statement to the UN General Assembly, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei said that he was still unable to "achieve full clarity regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran." He called on the Iranian...
