The Obama administration has retreated from its initial refusal to stay out of the conflict in Syria by agreeing this week to provide direct humanitarian and communications assistance to the Syrian opposition. While the change in policy did not go as far as providing...
US Still Expects Pakistan to Reopen Border ‘Soon’ | Gen. Mattis plans visit to discuss reopening border
Obama: Anger at Quran Burning an ‘Indication’ of Need for Transition | Says US still plans to transfer control to Karzai govt by end of 2014
Yemeni al-Qaeda: Attack on US Troops Followed Increases in Deployment | Large numbers of US troops remain in Aden
185 Yemeni Troops Slain as Grim Defeat Leads to Calls for Army Shakeup | Battle a ‘major blow’ to Yemeni military’s morale
Western powers have agreed to an Iranian request to resume negotiations on its nuclear program, even as politicking GOP presidential candidates and Israel's prime minister kept up the war rhetoric. Writing on behalf of the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN...
Netanyahu, Obama Pushing Panetta to Rush Bunker Busters to Israel | Obama orders Panetta to ‘favorably consider’ request
Thanks to the ruthless decade-long war, children in Afghanistan suffer one of the highest levels of chronic malnutrition in the world, according to a report released Monday by the World Bank and the government. More than half of Afghan children under the age of five...
The rebel militias with whom the U.S. cooperated to institute regime change in Libya are holding onto captured anti-aircraft missiles as "leverage" to influence the make-up of the nascent central government. "Their ultimate leverage is they're armed," said Andrew...
Over 140 Killed, Mostly Soldiers, as Fighting Continues in South Yemen | Militants celebrate as new Yemeni ruler vows revenge
