Yemeni Nobel peace laureate Tawakul Karman publicly pleaded with the United Nations on Tuesday to reject a Gulf Arab plan that would grant immunity President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whom she called a "war criminal." The United States, Britain, and France introduced a...
US and NATO forces are escalating attacks in Afghanistan against the Haqqani network in a coordinated offensive in the eastern part of the country, along the rugged border with Pakistan. The joint operations against the Haqqani network, whom US officials blame for a...
The US Department of Defense is closing in on a deal to send $82 million worth of military arms and equipment to the government of Iraq, as discussions about a continuing US presence there are ongoing. The sale would include, for example, tens of thousands of M107...
Facing budget cuts, the defense industry that makes drones, radar equipment, and sensors for use in Iraq and Afghanistan is looking to sell them at home to police, border patrol, and others. Those in the industry refer to domestic law enforcement as "adjacent markets"...
The US has finalized the sale of $53 million worth of weapons and military equipment to the dictatorship in Bahrain, despite months of widespread human rights abuses against peaceful protesters. Last month, the Department of Defense notified Congress of a deal to send...
Forces in the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) have gained control over the town of Bani Walid, which has for months violently resisted being overtaken by the anti-Gadhafi fighters. The capture of Bani Walid by NTC forces - they celebrated and raised the...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday said he was asking NATO to explain why innocent civilians were killed in a raid on the home of a former Afghan senator in the dark hours of Sunday morning in eastern Wardak province's Chaki Wardak district. Two of the three...
The Obama administration has expanded the drone war, with active unmanned Predator and Reaper vehicles armed with a 108-pound precision-strike missiles known as Hellfire II wreaking blood and carnage in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere. The record of...
The son of the recently assassinated US citizen Anwar al Awlaki was among nine suspected jihadist militants killed by apparent US air strikes in Yemen. Abderrahman Anwar al Awlaki was killed and taken with the others to the militant-controlled Yemeni hospital where...
The Pentagon denied reports Saturday that the US abandoned plans to keep several thousand troops in Iraq after a year-end deadline, saying talks with Baghdad were still underway. In a statement to reporters, Pentagon press secretary George Little denied the news...
