Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters Wednesday that the U.S. would end its combat role in Afghanistan by next year and switch primarily to a support and training role, reiterating the administration's longstanding timetable. While the media is treating the...
Rival militias in Libya fought an extended gun battle in the capital Tripoli on Wednesday, in yet another sign of how unstable the NATO mission that removed former leader Muammar Gadhafi has left the country. Both heavy and light weapons were heard from the battle as...
The Taliban are set to retake control of Afghanistan with Pakistan's help once NATO forces withdraw from the country, according to a secret U.S. military report apparently leaked to the Times of London. The leaked document, reported to have been "highly classified,"...
Islamabad issued another condemnation on Monday of Washington's drone war in northwest Pakistan, branding it "unlawful, counterproductive and unacceptable," after President Obama for the first time publicly acknowledged the classified program. Pakistani Foreign Office...
Iraqi security forces have detained 16 of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi's bodyguards, according to the interior ministry, in the latest attempt to incriminate him. Hashemi is in hiding in Iraq's semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region after Shi'ite Prime Minister...
The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) three day negotiations with the Iranian government were "constructive," according to Iranian news media. "The negotiations between the two sides were held in a positive and constructive atmosphere," an IAEA official was...
In an effort to appeal to right-wing sentiments ahead of an election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has reinstated subsidies for Jewish settlers in the West Bank and appointed a panel in an attempt to legalize illegal settlements. Years ago,...
Rising powers like Russia and China are changing the power dynamic in the geopolitics of the Middle East and Asia. Despite America's unquestionable military superiority, domestic and international forces may be influencing a trend of gradual pullback, especially...
President Barack Obama readily confirmed the drone war in northwest Pakistan in an interview Monday, breaking with the protocol which normally demands U.S. officials not speak publicly about the classified program. "I want to make sure people understand actually...
Turkey will not ban Iranian oil imports like the U.S. and European Union, unless United Nations sanctions are imposed, a spokesman for Turkey's Energy Ministry said Monday. "We are not bound by EU or US decisions, so we will only block Iranian oil imports if the UN...
