Paula Broadwell, the mistress and biographer of General David Petraeus, said publicly this summer that she routinely had access to classified information while researching a book on Petraeus. During a panel discussion at the Aspen Security Forum in July, Broadwell...
NATO's Secretary-General issued another perfunctory statement on Monday about defending and protecting Turkey, a member-state, against Syria if indeed a war were to break out. "Turkey can rely on NATO solidarity, we have more plans in place to defend and protect...
The focus on CIA Director David Petraeus's resignation - which he declared was because of an extra-marital affair he had - has turned to the access that his mistress had to his personal email account. The FBI investigation that eventually uncovered the affair began...
Israel will withhold Palestinian tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority if President Mahmoud Abbas presses forward with a United Nations statehood bid, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz warned on Saturday. As the occupying power in Palestine, Israel has control of...
High-level talks between Israel and its Muslim neighbors regarding a nuclear weapons-free zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East have been canceled by the US and Israel. A nuclear weapons-free zone has been repeatedly proposed, only to have Israel - the only state in the...
Israeli tank shells killed at least five Palestinians and wounded more than 25 in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Palestinian medics and local witnesses. "Residents said a crowded mourning tent in the Shijaia neighbourhood near Gaza City was full of people...
Gen. Mustafa al-Sheikh, the leader of the Free Syrian Army, warned that if outside powers don't quickly back the rebel fighters trying to overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the rebels might all turn into terrorists instead. “If there’s no quick...
Even as the US and its allies in Europe and Africa float ideas for a military intervention in Mali, such a war would have a high humanitarian cost, according to the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Following the Libya war, Mali was...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu phoned President Obama on Thursday to congratulate him on his reelection following criticism that his flagrant preference for a Romney victory was inappropriate. Netanyahu and his Likud Party hadnot-so-privately yearned for...
Two Iranian fighter jets fired on an unarmed US Air Force Predator drone last week, according to CNN. The drone was fired upon but not hit, and the Obama administration did not disclose information about the incident, keeping it from the American public just days...
