Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has announced the Central American country will defy U.S. orders and decriminalize drugs to put an end to the U.S.-led drug war. "We are not doing what the United States says, we are doing what we have to do," said Perez, who...
More than 120 protesters have been wounded and hospitalized this week after Bahrain's security forces attacked them on the streets, as the Shiite opposition commemorated the one year anniversary of the uprisings. While the Obama administration quietly pushed through...
Funding for the massive U.S. Embassy in Baghdad may be cut by 10 percent next year, although top officials explain it will still be one of America's largest imperial outposts in the world. Spending on contracting costs will be trimmed and the immense size of the...
Congressional Republicans on Wednesday reacted hysterically to the Obama administration's proposal to cut the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal by as much as 80 percent. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) vowed he and his congressional allies would "do everything we possibly can...
Israel's defense minister blamed Iran for a series of seemingly unwitting amateur explosions in the Thai capital of Bangkok on Tuesday, one day after attacks against the Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. "The attempted terror attack in Thailand proves once again...
The massive fleet of U.S. Navy warships continue to engage provocatively in the Persian Gulf, just south of Iran, while the U.S. media present Iranian patrols as deliberate threats. The Persian Gulf has been the focal point of grandstanding militarism in recent...
Two attempts to assassinate Israeli diplomats failed on Monday in India and Georgia, prompting Israel to accuse Iran for being behind the attacks just days after U.S. officials admitted Israel teamed with terrorists to assassinate civilian Iranian nuclear scientists....
The United States is considering increasing its military aid to the African Union's mission in Somalia following a formal announcement of a merger between the Somali militant group al-Shabab and al-Qaeda. Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's leader, made a formal...
Unlike some of the other uprisings and regime changes in the Middle East, Israel is rather comfortable with the prospect of regime change in Syria. Some Israeli officials reject concerns about an Islamist takeover post-Assad or increased instability close to their...
A coalition of political dissidents in Iraq created a new opposition party Saturday, in an attempt to check the power of the central government as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki consolidates dictatorial rule. The Union of Patriotic Figures, as it will be called,...
