Nineteen detainees escaped from a prison in northern Iraq on Friday in a major prison break that one politician alleged was an inside job. "Nineteen people, including members of Al-Qaeda and Ansar al-Sunna, fled from prison in Kirkuk at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT)," a...
The United States, European allies, and Israel all agree that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, has not decided to build one, and is several years away from having a deliverable nuclear missile. Still, aggressive postures towards Tehran continue. In 2007, the U.S....
France Kills Gunman, Ending Standoff | Sarkozy threatens others who read ‘terrorist’ websites
PKK Commander: If Turkey Invades Syria, All of Kurdistan Is a Warzone | Turkish ‘buffer zone’ plans could spark a wider war
The U.S. intelligence community can now store information innocent Americans for up to five years under new Obama administration rules, expanding previous authority to hold details on individuals with no ties to terrorism. The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)...
Allawi Reiterates Warnings of Iraq’s ‘Emerging Dictatorship’ | Accuses Iran of meddling in internal affairs
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, has had his impartiality and reputation questioned in recent months as his agency's findings on Iran's nuclear program have spurred intense bellicosity from the U.S. and Israel. Former IAEA...
Iraq Dismisses Torture Evidence in Slain Bodyguard of VP | Insist he ‘died of kidney failure’
Naval Shelling Kills 29 Militants in Yemen’s Abyan Province | Barrage targets capital of Zinjibar
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Thursday said he believes American troop withdrawals should stop in 2013, keeping at least 68,000 by 2014 in contradiction of Obama administration plans to have combat troops out by that year. Marine Gen. John R. Allen said in...
