In the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan, Mohammed Sumarin and his family may be evicted from their home due to efforts of the Jewish National Fund (JNF), an Israeli charity that claims the house for its own. Silwan is coveted real estate, with the Al Aqsa mosque...
Now the world's most murderous country, Honduras' Congress voted on Tuesday to deploy the army to fight drug cartels. A majority voted in favor of following the model of Mexican President Felipe Calderon who unleashed the Mexican army on the streets to battle powerful...
NATO will reduce its troop levels in Afghanistan by 40,000 by the end of 2012, according to the Pentagon, as the overall military presence in the country begins to decrease. By that date, America's share of the pullout will include 33,000 soldiers - one-third of...
NATO's top commander in Afghanistan has ordered tens of thousands of troops to be retrained in how to avoid civilian casualties, while innocent corpses continue to pile up in the decade-long war. General Allen said NATO forces - over 70 percent of which are U.S....
Egyptians came out to vote on Monday in record numbers after months of doubts regarding the election and more than 10 preceding days of violence against protesters by security forces. Egypt's Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) and the high election commission kept...
Former Libyan fighters are still holding about 7,000 people without charge or trial, some of whom have been subjected to torture and ill treatment, according to a U.N. report Monday. The report by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was made public before a Security...
Yemen's new interim prime minister, Mohamed Basindowa, has laid the groundwork for the country's current vice president, Major General Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to be the chosen candidate in an uncontested election for a successor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the...
The Senate will be voting on Tuesday on a defense bill that would drastically expand the Defense Department's ability to indefinitely detain terrorism suspects, shifting that responsibility from traditional domestic law enforcement to the military. "The Senate is...
Kuwait's prime minister and his government formally resigned on Monday after continued demands by Kuwaiti protesters that he step down due to rampant corruption. "We decided to submit our resignation to comply with the national interest and due to the danger the...
The recently-announced buildup of U.S. military presence in Australia is unlikely to make the Asia-Pacific country more of a terrorist target, according to terrorism expert and University of Queensland Professor Marianne Hanson. "In theory, of course, it can be (a...
