The U.S. envoy to Israel told the Israeli Bar Association that America has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, just days ahead of a second round of nuclear talks to take place in Baghdad. Dan Shapiro said that...
A brigade of U.S. combat troops will soon be assigned to the Pentagon's Africa Command to be sent to countries around the continent to train indigenous state security forces and participate in military exercises. The strategy is characterized by military aid to and...
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents killed up to six innocent civilians and wounded several more in Honduras in a raid which took place at the end of last week. The dead included two pregnant women and two children. The DEA agents fired from helicopter...
After diplomatic pressure from Washington, the Pakistani government has agreed to reopen NATO supply routes into Afghanistan, so long as the U.S. pays $1,800 for each truck carrying supplies. The deal struck with Pakistan will cost the U.S. an extra $365 million...
President Obama signed an Executive Order on Wednesday threatening to exert economic sanctions against any person or group in either Yemen or the United States who the administration decides is “obstructing” implementation of the U.S.-backed political transition in...
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed up to 12 civilians in southern Yemen on Tuesday, as the Obama administration's escalated drone war in the unstable Gulf state begins to resemble the one in Pakistan more and more. Reports say up to 15 people were killed in a...
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan met with Pakistan's army chief Saturday in talks suspected of being aimed at reopening NATO supply routes to Afghanistan through Pakistan which have been totally closed after U.S. warplanes accidentally bombed a Pakistani outpost...
China has denied reports its military is preparing for war amid tensions with the Philippines over a disputed territory in the South China Sea. "Reports that the Guangzhou military region, the South China Sea fleet and other units have entered a state of war...
Syria accused the U.S. and its allies on Saturday of colluding with al Qaeda-linked militants to target the the government of Bashar al-Assad, as the aftermath of a string of bombings in Damascus and Aleppo by shadowy militant groups. "Western countries and the United...
A senior Hezbollah commander accused of orchestrating the killing of British and U.S. citizens in Iraq has been released from Iraqi custody as officials in Washington complain that he has not faced justice for his crimes. U.S. government officials accused Ali Musa...
