The Obama administration will soon announce the details of a new agreement with Japan for U.S. troops and military bases on the island of Okinawa following a White House meeting with the Japanese prime minister next week. In 2006, the U.S. and Japan agreed to transfer...
The U.S. embassy in Kenya warned Monday of a possible attack by al-Shabab militants on Nairobi hotels and key government buildings, as a U.S.-backed proxy war continues to plague eastern Africa. "Timing of the attack is not known, however, the embassy has reason to...
China's territorial claims in the South China Sea and beyond consist of "conflicting mandates" and "lack of coordination" which has stoked tensions with its neighbors, according to a new report from the International Crisis Group. The report comes as Philippine and...
A former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Ahmed Qureia, says Israeli policies in Palestinian territory are making obsolete the two-state solution that has underpinned two decades of negotiations. Qureia described the so-called peace process as “no more...
Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday against the ruling military in a unified call to the generals to return control of the government to civilian power and prohibit ex-regime members from running in the upcoming presidential...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday called Turkey a "hostile state" and accused Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan of sectarianism, in the latest in a series of rancorous exchanges between the neighbors. Maliki was responding to comments made by Turkish...
Iran's oil minister on Thursday warned of more cutoffs in oil sales to the European Union unless they show more flexibility toward Iran ahead of a second round of nuclear talks next month. Washington had aggressively pressured the European Union states to cooperate on...
Israeli defense officials say rockets fired from Egypt toward Israel this month were smuggled from Libya, adding to the myriad of consequences resulting from the NATO-backed regime change there last year. Although Egyptian authorities deny rockets were launched form...
India successfully tested a powerful new missile that can carry nuclear weapons far enough to hit Beijing without any condemnation from the international community, even as observers were hysterical over North Korea's failed missile launch and Iran's nonexistent...
A deal with Iran over its nuclear program has been all but finalized for weeks and the ongoing diplomatic exchange between the major players is part of an elaborate "choreography," according to some inside accounts. Writing in the Washington Post, David Ignatius...
