Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday that the United States would soon lift Cold War-era trade sanctions on Russia, in an example of how hostile Washington has been more than two decades later, although it was unclear whether the move has support in...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is preparing for a speech later this month at the United Nations General Assembly, and by all accounts Iran will aim to signal its openness to continued talks, which have stalled due to US intransigence. Iran's relative weakness...
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday announced his intention to again make a bid at the United Nations to upgrade the status of Palestine to "a state under occupation." "When we go to the UN, we will say we are a state under occupation,"...
Egypt said Saturday that its military offensive in the Sinai Peninsula is coordinated with Israel and doesn't violate the two nations' peace treaty. Early last month the Egyptian government cracked down with heavy military reinforcements in the Sinai following a...
Foreign Islamic extremists "intent on turning Syria into an autocratic theocracy have swollen the ranks of rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad and think they are waging a 'holy war,'" Reuters reports a surgeon treating rebel fighters in Aleppo as...
As Syrian Civil War Grows, Religious Minorities Form Militias
Turkish Warplanes Pound Northern Iraq | Irbil Province pounded amid claims of PKK deployment
Iran Oil Exports Plummet as Prices Rise | US sanctions keeping producer off the market as admin frets prices
At Least 27 Killed in Turkey’s New Offensive Along Iraqi Border | 26 PKK members and one Turkish soldier reported slain since yesterday
Haqqani Commanders Warn ‘Terror’ Label Will Harm Afghan Talks | Condemn US as ‘not sincere’ on negotiations
