Clashes between Syrian government forces and insurgent groups continued in major cities like Homs and Damascus, as UN peace envoy Kofi Annan stressed that there can be no deadline placed on when the crisis would end. Syrian activists claimed dozens of people - both...
Israel has severed working relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council and barred it from entry into Israel or the West Bank after it announced a plan to investigate Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Cutting ties and barring entry to the Human...
The military coup that took place last week in Mali is a monument to the consequences of U.S. interventionism, and the military junta now vying for control of the West African country threatens to roll back democracy and human rights for the 15 million people living...
Hundreds of Israelis marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest against a possible unilateral Israeli military strike on Iran, as more Israeli citizens begin to reach out to Iranians. The protest sprung up independently after a Facebook campaign by Israelis aimed at...
Serbian President Boris Tadic said Saturday the 1999 NATO bombing campaign that stopped his country's offensive on Kosovo 13 years ago was a crime, and he paid tribute to the hundreds of Serbs the alliance killed. "That was a crime against our country and our people,...
Syrian troops shelled insurgent areas in central and northern Syria on Saturday, as the special envoy to Syria Kofi Annan met with Russian leaders in Moscow to develop a plan to end the bloodshed in Syria. Syrian activists claimed at least 38 people, including 15...
The leader of the military coup in Mali said Friday that the president and other top government officials have been arrested and will soon be handed to the courts for trial, but refused to reveal their whereabouts. "These people are safe and sound. We will not touch a...
Nineteen detainees escaped from a prison in northern Iraq on Friday in a major prison break that one politician alleged was an inside job. "Nineteen people, including members of Al-Qaeda and Ansar al-Sunna, fled from prison in Kirkuk at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT)," a...
The United States, European allies, and Israel all agree that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, has not decided to build one, and is several years away from having a deliverable nuclear missile. Still, aggressive postures towards Tehran continue. In 2007, the U.S....
The U.S. intelligence community can now store information innocent Americans for up to five years under new Obama administration rules, expanding previous authority to hold details on individuals with no ties to terrorism. The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)...
