The United States' early proposal would have kept troops within Iraq to 2015, says Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, while the Iraqi government had originally sought a date of 2010. The date is reportedly fixed at 2011, though President Talabani says that the Iraqi...
US Vows Enclaves Will Never Be Independent as Russian President Recognizes Abkhazia, South Ossetia
Last Updated 8/26 8:40 PM EST Earlier this month when presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain declared "we are all Georgians," it is unclear if he was referring to the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Yet today the Bush Administration made it...
UN Confirms 90 Afghan Civilians Killed in US Attack
Following an investigation by their Assistance Mission for Afghanistan, the United Nations has announced that it is convinced that a minimum of 90 civilians were killed in Friday's US airstrike in Herat Province. This number, they reported, included 60 children, and...
Nawaz Sharif’s Party Exits Coalition, Pakistani Government Hanging on by a Thread
Pakistani Muslim League-N Leader Nawaz Sharif announced today that his party would leave Pakistan's coalition government to join the opposition bench, after new President Asif Ali Zardari's Pakistani Peoples Party reneged on its previous promise to restore some 60...
Russian Parliament Unanimously Backs Independence for Abkhazia, South Ossetia
In a move many see as retaliation for the February recognition of independence for Kosovo, both houses of Russia's parliament voted unanimously to recognize the independence of the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Though not legally binding, the vote...
Karzai Ousts General as Religious Leaders Call for Trials
As the fallout from the Herat bombing continues, Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued a Presidential decree today ordering the immediate firing of two Army officials, including the top ranking officer in western Afghanistan, General Jalandar Shah Behnam, for...