Iran's foreign minister warned Arab neighbors on Thursday not to do Washington's bidding in the escalating controversy over U.S. sanctions and Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has been pressuring its allies to place additional economic sanctions...
Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's security forces have detained and brutally tortured more than 1,000 political opponents in secret prisons and denied them access to legal counsel, according to allegations by Iraq's former prime minister. Ayad Allawi, the secular...
The U.S. and NATO originally planned to build up Afghanistan's security forces to 352,000, but the failure of the training mission and some hard truths on affordability might shrink the goal down to 250,000. The initial goal of 352,000 Afghan security forces "will go...
The head of Egypt's ruling military council Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi has warned of "grave danger" ahead of mass protests planned for next week's anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising. "Egypt is facing grave dangers it has not seen before," Tantawi said as he...
The "freedom fighters" that the U.S. launched to power in Libya after ousting former dictator Muammar Gadhafi are imposing, with the help of residual militias, a harsh brand of fundamentalist Islam which is helping to impoverish and subjugate the Libyan people....
Bahraini police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on Wednesday at peaceful protesters attempting to hold a demonstration in Manama, which had been forbidden by the regime. The protesters remained non-violent as they chanted anti-regime slogans and demanded...
Two British soldiers fighting in Afghanistan were arrested on charges of sexually abusing two Afghan children as young as ten years old and filming the abuse. The films, which were showed off to comrades, reportedly depict the two soldiers as they encouraged a young...
Yemeni officials on Tuesday dismissed rumors that next month's presidential elections in Yemen would be delayed, after the foreign minister said this week that the unrest is making the election date “too difficult.” Vice President Abdurabu Hadi, the military strongman...
The U.S. is strongly pressuring its ally South Korea to reduce its crude oil imports from Iran, as Washington tries to unite the world in harsh economic sanctions against Iran for a nuclear weapons program that doesn't exist. South Korea already has restricted...
A nuclear Iran might make it more difficult for Israel to attack its immediate neighbors, according to a senior Israeli military official on Tuesday. Military planning division chief Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel said if Tehran attains nuclear weapons, that could constrain...
