Police brutality in Egypt is as common under the newly elected President Mohammed Morsi as it was under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, a new study finds, raising questions about how much progress the revolution has made. The Nadim Center for the Rehabilitation of...
UN Envoy Urges Iran to Help With New Syria Ceasefire
UN Envoy Urges Iran to Help With New Syria Ceasefire | Wants truce for Eid al-Adha
Clinton: ‘I Take Responsibility’ For Lack of Security Ahead of Benghazi Attack
Clinton Takes Blame for Benghazi Security | She seemed to be taking political heat away from Obama campaign
Obama Orders Drones, Special Ops on Standby to Kill Benghazi Attack Suspects
President Obama has ordered drones to fly over northern Africa and has put special operations strike forces on standby, readied for orders to kill suspects as soon as investigators say they've identified those responsible for the attack on the US Consulate in...
NATO Airstrike Kills Three Afghan Children
A NATO airstrike killed three children in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Sunday, Afghan officials said Monday. "Two Taliban mine-planters were identified and targeted by ISAF from the air and killed," district police chief Ahmad Shah Khan told AFP. "Three children,...
US: Palestinian Bid for UN Status ‘Jeopardizes Peace Process’
The United States on Monday denounced the Palestinian bid to upgrade its status at the United Nations to a sovereign country, claiming it would "jeopardize the peace process." The US position in this regard hasn't changed from last year, when Palestinian authorities...
Arms Shipments to Syria Aid Jihadists, Officials Admit
Arms Shipments to Syria Aid Jihadists, Officials Admit | Is foreign aid turning Syria’s rebellions into terrorists?
Afghan Negotiator Claims ‘Progress’ in Taliban Talks
Afghan Negotiator Claims ‘Progress’ in Taliban Talks | Despite no apparent progress, he insists on secret progress
EU Plans New Sanctions on Iran’s Banking, Shipping Sectors
EU Plans New Sanctions on Iran’s Banking, Shipping Sectors | Israeli FM: Not imposing sanctions like appeasing Hitler
Western-Backed Rebels Move Against Syria’s Christian Minority
Western-Backed Rebels Move Against Syria’s Christian Minority | Churches in Homs under constant attack