The Obama administration is continuing its strategic pivot to Asia-Pacific and now trying to cultivate renewed relationships with countries in a bid to further expand the amount of US military bases throughout the region. Much of this means rebuilding and refurbishing...
Turkey’s president said Saturday that his country would do “whatever is necessary” in response to Syria's shooting down of a Turkish military jet, adding to concerns about a an internationalization of the conflict in Syria. “It is not possible to cover over a thing...
Egypt's liberal political parties say the US is intervening in the country's presidential elections and trying to sway results in favor of the ruling military council and the Muslim Brotherhood. The accusation comes after weeks of turmoil and confusion about who...
At least 25 people have been killed and their bodies mutilated by what Syrian state media described as "terrorists," as a video was released showing the bodies piled on top of each other and being described by the cameraman as a pro-Assad militia. "These are shabiha...
Five Taliban gunmen attacked a lakeside hotel in Afghanistan, killing at least 18 people and taking 50 others hostage in a seizure that lasted several hours. The militants attacked exclusive Spozhmai hotel with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns late...
The Obama administration is considering launching secret US commando raids into Pakistan to hunt down terrorist groups inside the country, US officials told the Associated Press. US officials said the idea comes up every couple of months, but is consistently rejected...
Egypt's electoral body will soon announce former-regime-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq as the country's new president, according to several government sources, despite much of the polling showing his opponent as the victor. One source in the current government said that...
The United States said this week it has no role in a legal battle over the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now seeking political asylum at Ecuador's embassy in London. "To my knowledge, we are not involved in any of these discussions," State...
Iranian officials say they have detected a planned "massive cyber attack" against its nuclear facilities from the US, Britain, and Israel just days after talks with world powers failed to reach a settlement on Iran's nuclear program. "Based on obtained information,...
A UN investigator has called on the Obama administration to explain under what legal framework its drone war is justified and suggested that "war crimes" may have already been committed. Christof Heyns, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary...
