The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that they were in peace negotiations with the Pakistani government and that at least a tentative deal to end hostilities between the two was close. The announcement seemed to directly exploit the disintegrating Pakistani...
As many as 50,000 people protested in Moscow on Saturday against rampant electoral fraud which benefited Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in recent elections. Protests also took place in 15 other cities from Russia's Pacific coast to its southwest frontier,...
Pakistanis fired rockets at more than 20 abandoned tankers in Pakistan set to carry fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan on Thursday, after Islamabad closed the border in response to U.S. airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani troops last month....
After Iranian television broadcast footage of the secret American RQ-170 unmanned surveillance drone recovered after a crash in eastern Iran, U.S. officials confirmed it was in fact their drone. The drone appeared undamaged after its reported crash, although two...
The constant rhetoric in the U.S. and Israel about potential military strikes against Iran, along with recent revelations about covert U.S. action inside Iran, has terrified a nation staring down the barrel of a superpowers gun. "I don't think we can know just yet if...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday that the suicide bombing in Kabul that killed over 50 people was plotted in Pakistan. The accusation is likely to heighten tensions in an already unstable diplomacy with Pakistan, and Karzai vowed to seek answers. “We are...
Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich announced Wednesday that, if nominated, he would be asking former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton to be his secretary of state. John Bolton served a controversial tenure as U.N. Ambassador under George W. Bush,...
Iran's recovery of a downed U.S. surveillance drone publicized America's ongoing covert war on Iran, a part of the Obama administration's strategy even more bellicose than his predecessor's. U.S. actions towards Iran are being couched as an attempt to prevent their...
The United Nations Security Council imposed new sanctions on Eritrea on Monday for allegedly supporting Islamists militants, prompting an angry reaction from the government. "The resolution is another injustice on the Eritrean people and will heighten tensions and...
The United States is involved in negotiations with Libya's interim government over establishing a deal to help rebuild, train, arm, and equip a new national army for Libya. "We're looking for ways in which we can be helpful," said General Carter Ham, commander of U.S....
