An Iranian nuclear scientist who supervised a department at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility has been killed by a bomb placed on his car by two assailants in northern Tehran. The attack strongly resembles earlier killings of scientists working on the country's...
An Afghan soldier opened fire on his American military trainers in southern Afghanistan this week, killing one and wounding three others before being fatally shot. These so-called "rogue shootings" have become increasingly more frequent, this being the third time in...
The goal of the Obama administration's sanctions on Iran is to undermine the regime by stoking public discontent, a senior U.S. intelligence official told the Washington Post. An earlier version of the Post article reported that the anonymous U.S. official claimed...
Taliban insurgents must agree to a cease-fire in all of Afghanistan before formal peace negotiations can begin in Qatar, a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday. "When the talks start, there should be a cease-fire and the violence against the Afghan...
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) hosted a visit from Sudanese mass murderer President Omar al-Bashir on Monday, despite U.S. objections. "The Libyan government knows our view that we oppose invitations, facilitation or support for travel by President Bashir...
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents laundered millions in cash for a powerful Mexican drug trafficker and his Colombian cocaine supplier, according to documents made public Monday. With the help of Mexican federal police officers, the DEA agents and their...
This week, a military court in Bahrain sentenced a policeman to more than 12 years in prison for joining protests against the royal family and the government barred a U.S. human rights activist from observing the trial of medical workers. Ali al-Ghanami, a Shiite...
Yemen's interim government has approved a proposed deal to underscore the amnesty for disputed president Ali Abdullah Saleh and extend it to his entire civilian, military, and security apparatus. The opposition protest movement, which is still ongoing throughout the...
Ron Paul again called Newt Gingrich a "chicken hawk" in Saturday night's GOP debate, noting Newt's avoiding service in the Vietnam War and his simultaneous willingness to send young Americans today into war. "I think people who don't serve when they could and they get...
In Saturday night's debate, the GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney reiterated the usual stump speech against Obama's policies regarding Iran. The problem is, all of it was inaccurate. "We have a nation, which is intent on becoming nuclear," Romney said. "Iran has pursued...
