There is very little chance for a political settlement with the Taliban and insurgents in Afghanistan by 2014, the year the Obama administration has set for a drawdown of troops, according to analysts. So far, peace talks with the Afghan Taliban have failed for...
Israel is placing barriers to legal proceedings for Palestinians in Gaza seeking compensation for lost relatives from an Israeli military offensive three years ago, causing dozens to place their cases on hold. Israeli policies impose expensive court fees into the tens...
U.S. officials are concerned that Israel take military action against Iran without giving prior notice to the U.S., a senior U.S. military official said Friday. Anonymous statements regarding the upcoming release of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report...
Statements leaked anonymously ahead of next week's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran's nuclear program warn that the study will reveal evidence that Iran has been working secretly to develop a nuclear weapons capability. According to Western...
The new Libyan Prime Minister has said disarming former Libyan rebels could take months and vowed to not take them from the fighters by force, backtracking on previous promises to take quick action to stabilize the country. Abdurrahim el-Keib is the dual US-Libyan...
The CIA's drone program, which is expanding globally, explicitly targeting and killing large swathes of people without knowing who they are. Murder, solely on "suspicion" is the rule rather than the exception. Many times, like in the tribal areas of Pakistan, the US...
The US military has been withholding information from the families of soldiers who have lost their lives in American wars. Sometimes, like in the case of Marine Lance Cpl. Benjamin Schmidt, those soldiers were killed by "friendly fire," and the families are never told...
Afghan forces are supposed to be transitioning away from US and NATO assistance in the war zone, but its not exactly seamless. Weapons as well as hands-on assistance is slowly being subtracted from Afghan forces' operations. But some Afghans are resenting the...
A US soldier was killed in northern Iraq on Thursday, the first American service member to die in an attack since the Obama administration announced a withdrawal plan to be competed by December. "A US service member was killed Thursday while conducting operations in...
The Israeli navy has boarded the two Gaza-bound aid ships carrying activists and humanitarian supplies, foiling the latest attempt to bring much needed assistance to the people of Gaza. The aid ships ignored demands by Israel to reroute away from Gaza to an Israeli...
