Even if he is found not guilty and acquitted of his charges, Abd al-Rahim al Nashiri, the Guantanamo detainee accused of planning the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, may still be imprisoned for the rest of his life, according to US government documents released...
The US drone war in the tribal regions of Pakistan continue to exact a heavy toll on civilians, including the elderly, women, and children - and two teenagers, age 16 and 12, who were killed last week. There exists no evidence that either of these two had any links to...
Many of the rebel factions making up the National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters are backtracking on a pledge to give up their weapons, contributing to the still-lacking stability in Libya after the killing of Muammar Gadhafi and widespread pronouncements of...
The military rulers in Egypt's interim government are growing increasingly rigid and domineering, determined to continue Mubarak's failed attempt to crush the popular protest movement. The draconian leadership is peddling national lines about themselves as the...
US officials continue to repeat the line that Afghan forces will soon be ready to take over security of Afghanistan from NATO by 2014, despite estimates to the contrary from Afghan members of Parliament, US military officers, and Afghan forces themselves. Despite the...
Torture of Bahraini detainees was systematic, according to the independent human rights probe tasked with investigating widespread abuse since the outbreak of Arab Spring protests in Bahrain. “It is not possible to justify torture in any way, and despite the small...
Abdurraheem el-Keib, a dual US-Libyan citizen, has been elected prime minister of Libya by members of the National Transitional Council who voted in a televised event on Monday, sticking ballots into a transparent box. Expectations are high for el-Keib in a country...
Kyrgyzstan's president-elect firmly told the United States on Tuesday to leave its military air base just outside the capital Bishkek when its lease expires in 2014. Almazbek Atambayev is the prime minister but won the presidential election on Sunday. "When I was...
Almost half of the cocaine imported to the United States now passes through Honduras — a total of 20 to 25 tons each month, according to U.S. and Honduran estimates, as the country becomes the western hemisphere's cocaine hub. The drug trade in Honduras is changing...
The US Army staff sergeant in charge of the notorious "Kill Team" in Afghanistan admitted in court on Monday to cutting the fingers off of the corpses of three Afghan civilians as trophies, but denied foreknowledge of a series of premeditated murders of Afghan...
