Pakistan will renegotiate a set of agreements with the United States that go back to 2002, as part of a wider shift in policy resulting from the unprovoked U.S. attack in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The arrangements being reconsidered by the Pakistani...
In the second phase of the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, Tel Aviv is expected to free 550 more Palestinian prisoners within the next few days. The agreement has already resulted in the release of 477 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Gilad...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the current defense authorization bill, which includes a provision that would codify a system of military prisons to indefinitely detain terrorism suspects without charge or trial, including American citizens caught on...
The Obama administration is supportive of the defense authorization bill, which includes a provision that would codify a system of military prisons to indefinitely detain terrorism suspects without charge or trial, including American citizens caught on U.S. soil....
Mexican soldiers exchanged gunfire with suspected drug cartel members just south of the Texas border on Saturday, ending in the death of 11 gunmen and one injured soldier. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the gunfight began when Mexican soldiers on patrol...
The mercenary company formerly known as Blackwater Inc. is again vying for security contracts with the U.S. and Iraqi governments to re-enter Iraq, after high profile abuses tarnished their name. “As we make changes and they take root and we convince everyone they’re...
The U.S. policy of arming and supporting violent, criminal Afghan militias to fight Taliban insurgents in villages across Afghanistan is in the process of being expanded, according to a senior officer in NATO-led war. The Afghan Local Police (ALP) was created in July...
Pakistani military forces have taken control over the Shamsi airbase in the country's southwest after ordering U.S. forces and personnel to leave. In response to the unprovoked U.S. airstrike on a Pakistani military outpost last week, Pakistan ordered the U.S. to...
Congress is pressing hard for additional harsh sanctions on Iran's central bank and oil sector, rejecting the Obama administration's recent requests to ease them. President Obama opposes Senate proposals to intensify sanctions on Iran supposedly because it would...
For a war Americans were told was absolutely necessary for the security of the United States, an official end has come with nothing to show for it. With well over 100,000 people killed and a list of un-prosecuted war crimes, the object now is to leave while things are...
