Unarmed civilian protesters in Bahrain were fired upon with tear gas and rubber bullets by government security forces on Wednesday when they attempted to march on Pearl Square. Opposition Shiites had gathered around the capital Manama to mark the religious observance...
A roadside bomb killed 19 civilians and injured five on Wednesday in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. The casualties come just one day after a set of attacks on Shi’ite worshipers commemorating the Ashura holiday left almost 60 people dead. The sectarian...
Afghanistan opened bids on Tuesday to foreign investors to mine the country's copper and gold deposits in four different areas as part of a new initiative to raise government revenue. Geologists have known about Afghanistan's "vast deposits of iron, copper, cobalt,...
The U.S. military's excess weaponry and equipment has been going to local U.S. police forces throughout the country in a little known program aimed at militarizing domestic law enforcement. Passed in 1997 in the name of fighting the drug war and terrorism, the "1033...
Retired Israeli Major General Yoav Galant told an audience at Tel Aviv University on Monday that military action would eventually be necessary to root out terror in the Gaza Strip. The former Israel Defense Forces officer claimed that Israeli policy in the West Bank...
In order to fight Mexico's criminal drug cartels, Drug Enforcement Administration officials are themselves becoming criminals. Millions of dollars of drug proceeds have been laundered or smuggled by undercover American narcotics agents in an attempt to gain...
Despite formerly handing over authority to his vice president,Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh still holds real power, issues presidential decrees, and engages with world leaders. The Yemeni security forces - who continue to kill, arrest, and suppress non-violent...
The unprovoked U.S. attack on a Pakistani military border post last week occurred due to "errors" by U.S. officers, who allegedly gave the wrong coordinates to Pakistani counterparts when seeking clearance to strike. A senior Pakistani military officer has...
After conceding this week that Israel was not on the way to a unilateral attack on Iran, Defense Minister Ehud Barak played down speculation that Israel and the U.S. were waging a covert war against Iran. Barak denied accusations of involvement in two explosions that...
Afghanistan's finance minister warned the U.S. on Saturday against cutting funding for the Kabul government, security, and development. The World Bank last month released a study that said Afghanistan would need about $7 billion a year from the international community...
