An Afghan soldier was shot dead on Monday after opening fire on NATO troops inside a military base near Kandahar, in the latest in a trend of such attacks highlighting the failure of the training mission in Afghanistan. "An army soldier has opened fire on ISAF...
The U.S. soldier charged with murdering 17 unarmed Afghan civilians last month is refusing to participate in an examination aimed at determining his mental state, according to his lawyers. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was due to be examined in what's called a "sanity...
As the UN-brokered ceasefire entered its third official day on Saturday, Syrian state media reported a surge in kidnappings and assassinations against government officials in a sign the truce has not been respected by the opposition fighters. State-controlled media...
Egyptian authorities on Saturday barred 10 presidential candidates, including Hosni Mubarak's former spy chief and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, from running in the election without giving any reason for the decision. Mubarak-era strongman Omar Suleiman and...
In "constructive and useful" negotiations with world powers, Iran agreed on Saturday to begin formal talks on its nuclear program next month. Lady Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s high commissioner for foreign affairs said the next round of negotiations will...
The UN Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to approve a resolution allowing international monitors into Syria as reports of violence persist during a fragile cease-fire. The resolution demands Syria let in an advance team of up to 30 international observers to...
North Korea attempted to launch a long-range rocket on Friday, but it instead malfunctioned and broke apart before even escaping Earth's atmosphere. "This was supposed to be associated with (Kim Jong Un's) ascension to power. So for this thing to fail ... is...
The U.S. and Israel have long presented their option to attack Iran as one among many policy choices to halt Tehran's nuclear weapons program. The fact that their own intelligence concludes such a program doesn't exist actually effects the legitimacy of a military...
A judge in Washington, DC has allowed the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency to keep information secret regarding the complicity of British authorities in extraordinary rendition. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition - an activist group of...
The Pakistani parliament on Thursday unanimously declared that the U.S. must immediately stop violating its sovereignty, including through drone strikes. The Guidelines for Revised Terms of Engagement with USA/NATO/ISAF states that the "U.S. footprint in Pakistan must...
