A public back-and-forth between Iranian and Western diplomats may lead to a delay in the nuclear negotiations with world powers in Moscow later this month. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Wednesday criticized the European Union diplomat Catherine Ashton,...
America's drones strikes are a violation of human rights because innocent men, women, and children are being killed, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday. Gilani made the comment to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanthem Pillay...
In tandem with the overall surge in military presence throughout Asia-Pacific, the U.S. is refurbishing long-abandoned World War II bases scattered across the Pacific for potential use in the event of a major conflict with China. "As part of the Air-Sea...
Libyan authorities fought back against disgruntled militiamen who took control of the country's main airport for hours on Monday armed with heavy machine guns and armored vehicles, Libya's interim leader said. The head of the country's National Transitional Council,...
The political instability that was produced in Mali after NATO's intervention in Libya last year is reportedly being "hijacked by better-armed Islamists" from abroad, which some claim is a model safe haven for militancy. "We are in an early stage of Afghanistan and...
European Union officials are set to put more pressure on a reluctant Russia to push Syria's government to end the violence in that country, even as the West and its Gulf Arab allies continue to aid the rebel militias battling the Syrian regime. The EU-Russia summit in...
After U.S. Drug Enforcement agents killed several innocent Honduran civilians in a botched raid earlier this month, some expected drug war efforts in Central America would relent. But American intervention has doubled down. That deadly raid was part of a growing...
Pakistani military Thursday denied claims by U.S. officials that American troops have returned to the country in a supposed training role several months after Islamabad forced their departure following a NATO strike that had killed 24 soldiers. An anonymous U.S....
Even as U.S. officials criticize direct military action in Syria as unworkable, the Obama administration continues to make clear that the military option is being considered and plans drawn up. "As you know, my job is to provide the commander-in-chief with options,"...
The No. 2 U.S. commander in Afghanistan agrees with his superior officers that 68,000 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan going into next year. Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti says the U.S. should maintain that 68,000 troops into next year to continue combat operations...
