The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, has had his impartiality and reputation questioned in recent months as his agency's findings on Iran's nuclear program have spurred intense bellicosity from the U.S. and Israel. Former IAEA...
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Thursday said he believes American troop withdrawals should stop in 2013, keeping at least 68,000 by 2014 in contradiction of Obama administration plans to have combat troops out by that year. Marine Gen. John R. Allen said in...
In negotiating a strategic partnership deal with a U.S. vulnerable from its failing mission in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that his government is "taking a magnifying glass" to every detail of the talks. Mr. Karzai reiterated his pledge that...
Israel and the U.S. disagree on how soon a military attack on Iran would be necessary, Israel's defense minister said Thursday, even after admitting Iran currently has no nuclear weapons program. Ehud Barak claimed Iran is trying to make its civilian nuclear...
Rebel troops have toppled the democratically elected government in Mali after Tuareg rebels in the north returned home from fighting as mercenaries for ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. Late Thursday, Tuareg combatants fought a weakened government as the rebel...
Outraged Afghans have vowed vengeance after an American soldier murdered at least 16 civilians, including nine children, in a killing spree over the weekend that President Hamid Karzai said "cannot be forgiven." Nazim Shah was traveling to Kandahar when the massacre...
An American soldier in Afghanistan murdered at least 16 civilians, including nine children, in a killing spree President Hamid Karzai called an "assassination" that "cannot be forgiven." Some reports claim there were multiple U.S. soldiers involved, who witnesses said...
The Obama administration and its allies have begun serious discussions about potential military intervention in Syria, as political approaches have failed to stem the conflict. Almost 70 countries and international mediators met in Tunis two weeks ago to consider...
After a visit from a delegation of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, five Taliban detainees held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay military prison have agreed to be transferred to Qatar, a possible first step toward peace talks with the Taliban. The aim is to transfer the five...
Even as U.S. and Israeli intelligence has concluded with high confidence that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons and has demonstrated no intention to do so, fears continue to linger about Tehran's enrichment program, lending credence to foolhardy calls for war. In...
