Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said the United States has no moral right to object to an Israeli military strike on Iran because it has failed to threaten Iran with war for a nuclear weapons program that doesn't exist. Netanyahu's statement seems...
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak once again took a more moderate tone over the possibility of a military strike against Iran, insisting any strike would come only after "all other options have been exhausted." Barak told Israeli soldiers in a speech at a military...
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said he was "frustrated" over Iran's delays in giving immediate and full access to a military site that is not a declared nuclear site, and thus not technically within the agency's jurisdiction. "We consider it essential for Iran...
Israel's long-standing blockade of Gaza is serving only to impoverish the people and play into the hands of extremists in the Middle East, according to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. "I urge Israel to lift its harsh restrictions in order to ease the...
The US military admitted on Monday that a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison has died, though they refused to disclose the identity the detainee. The US military's statement said the detainee was found dead in his cell on Saturday afternoon. “While conducting...
A ceremony was held in Afghanistan on Monday to mark the official handover of the Bagram prison from American control to Afghan control, and while Afghan President Hamid Karzai welcomed the event, the US has quarreled over the transfer amid worries that Kabul might...
Said al-Shihri, allegedly the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has been killed in an operation in southern Yemen, government officials say. Al-Shihri was reportedly killed with six others in the Hadramawt area last Wednesday in what some...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said the US is "not setting deadlines" for Iran and still considers negotiations as "by far the best approach" to confront Iran's nuclear program. The past week or so has seen a shift in the dominant narrative on Iran. With...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday that the United States would soon lift Cold War-era trade sanctions on Russia, in an example of how hostile Washington has been more than two decades later, although it was unclear whether the move has support in...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is preparing for a speech later this month at the United Nations General Assembly, and by all accounts Iran will aim to signal its openness to continued talks, which have stalled due to US intransigence. Iran's relative weakness...
