After a week of exchanging cross-border attacks with Syria, Turkey on Wednesday warned that it may respond even more forcefully than it already has. “We responded, but if it continues we will respond with greater force,” the Turkish chief of staff, Gen. Necdet Ozel...
North Korea claimed on Tuesday it has rockets that can hit the US mainland, in a statement issued just two days after the US pledged to help South Korea extend the range of its ballistic missiles. Many hawks in Washington suspect that the isolated, authoritarian...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for early elections instead of waiting for the scheduled ones in October 2013, raising new questions about his stranglehold on Israeli policy on Iran, and beyond. Netanyahu and his Likud Party, according to the...
A top UN envoy, responding to recent dire predictions for Afghanistan's future, argued that the war-torn country is expected to improve and will continue to receive lots of support from the international community. "The international community is ready to do...
NATO says it is ready to defend alliance member Turkey amid continued cross-border attacks with its neighbor Syria, but Western powers continue to urge calm and avoid escalation. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday that Turkey can rely on...
Iran Uses Uranium for Medical Research | Israel and the IAEA say Iran’s nuclear program is being used peacefully
The US is planning to resume negotiations with Iran following the US presidential elections, people familiar with the planning told Al Monitor, but the postures are likely to be more hawkish no matter who wins. "If Barack Obama is re-elected Nov. 6, his administration...
US-supported Nigerian soldiers killed up to 30 civilians on Monday "using assault rifles and heavy machine guns mounted on armored personnel carriers" and set fire to about 50 homes and businesses in the area, according to the Associated Press. The killings occurred...
The Afghan government could crumble and fall after NATO's expected withdrawal in 2014, according to a report by the International Crisis Group (ICG). "There is a real risk that the regime in Kabul could collapse upon NATO's withdrawal," Candace Rondeaux, the ICG's...
Romney’s Vague Foreign Policy Speech | Romney stuck to rhetoric, failing to differentiate himself with Obama
