Another Afghan police officer opened fire on American troops on Thursday, injuring two of them in the latest indication that Washington's claim that the training mission is going well is a lie. Also on Friday, it was revealed that an elite Afghan soldier shot dead an...
Iran's official news agency has reported that a deal may be in the works for Iran to agree to an additional protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which would allow UN inspectors to make immediate, impromptu visits to Iran's nuclear sites. The official...
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Thursday he hopes that statements from Israel's top military chief describing Iran's leadership as rational and their weapons program as non-existent were "correct." Israeli Lieutenant General Benny Gantz told Haaretz on...
Armed vessels from the Philippines and China continue their two-week-long standoff after Chinese fisherman trespassed into contested waters, prompting swift reaction from both navies. This latest nautical standoff arises from longstanding tensions between the Asian...
The big push in Congress to open up domestic airspace in the U.S. to unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, is developing with hardly any lobbying opposition, despite potentially dire consequences for civil liberties. Congress quietly authorized the domestic use of...
A large explosion in the Syrian city of Hama on Wednesday killed scores of people and destroyed several shaky buildings, further illustrating the foundering of the ceasefire. Anti-regime activists claimed the explosion was a military rocket attack that killed up to 70...
President Obama has approved a request from the CIA to begin launching targeted assassinations through drone strikes even when the identity of the victims is unknown. CIA Director David Petraeus, had requested permission to employ the tactic used in Pakistan for years...
Foreign oil companies are vying for a piece in Libyan oil as the new government begins to take shape according to the industry's interests which recognize Libya as possessing Africa's largest crude oil reserves. Corporations from around the world displayed their...
The military judge presiding over the trial of Bradley Manning on Wednesday refused to dismiss all charges against the alleged whistleblower. Private Bradley Manning, detained for over a year for allegedly leaking classified government documents to the anti-secrecy...
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, while on a trip to Colombia, claimed that Iranian attempts to expand its influence in South America amounted to "expanding terrorism." "We always have a concern about in particular the [Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps] and [their]...
