The Obama administration has blunted Congress's authority over proposed arms sales to other countries in an effort to cut legislators out of an increasingly prominent aspect of U.S. foreign policy. Overseas arms sales account for a growing percentage, in some cases up...
In response to newly published photos of U.S. troops happily manipulating the remains of dead Afghans, President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that an accelerated withdrawal of Western troops must take place in order to avoid such "inhumane and provocative" acts. In a...
More than 20 bombs exploded across Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 36 and wounding almost 150, raising fears of a return to all-out sectarian violence in a country with an unstable government headed by a newfangled dictator. In Baghdad, three car bombs,...
The CIA is officially seeking authority to expand its covert drone war in Yemen by assassinating individuals even when their identities are not known in a move that would codify what appears to already be current practice. The agency's director, David H. Petraeus, has...
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen claimed on Wednesday that the alliances members were coming to an agreement on concrete plans for what their role in Afghanistan will be in 2015 and beyond. "I am very pleased that a number of allies announced today...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday Australia will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan about a year earlier than previously thought. The 1,500 Australian troops in Afghanistan would begin pulling out this year and most would be home by the end of...
After more than a year of harsh repression and violence in Bahrain, the Sunni dictatorship's response to the youth's protest movement is still generating a "human rights crisis," according to Amnesty International. Despite the regime's claims of reform following...
Iraqi leaders from across the political spectrum are accusing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of seeking to rig the country’s electoral system after he arrested the official in charge of administering elections. Maliki, increasingly denounced by Iraqi voices of all...
Pentagon: Afghan Offensive Sign of Coming Victory | Propaganda in a lost war
A militant commander who helped plan an assault on a Pakistani jail on Sunday which freed up to 400 prisoners said he and his group had help from sources in the Pakistani government. The Pakistani Taliban, separate from the Afghan Taliban and tied closely to al Qaeda,...
