Afghan President Hamid Karzai is not backing down from his two demands for a strategic deal in negotiations with the U.S., steadfastly calling for Afghan control of jails and an end to night raids on Afghan homes. The Obama administration has been working on a...
Obama Says GOP Rivals Can’t Attack His Hawkish Foreign Policy
US NGO Workers Needed to Pay $300,000 to Leave Egypt | Judges announce resignation over ’embarrassment’ of case
Israeli officials are again complaining that public statements from top U.S. officials have not been sufficiently supportive of waging war on Iran and have played into the hands of the Ayatollahs. This is not a first. Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...
House Bill Aims to Bar Afghans From Guarding US Bases in Afghanistan | Bill comes amid growing violence
Pakistan spurns US, vows to expand Iran energy ties | Efforts to isolate Iran faltering
The head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday that the U.S. should take disciplinary action against those in the military who participated in burning Muslim holy books. "We were very concerned, as the UN, that the international military by...
Panic as NATO Shells North Waziristan, Six Civilians Injured | Pakistan reports US warplanes crossed into Waziristan airspace
Out of Ammo: Rebels Explain Homs Retreat | FSA to restrict use of bullets
The Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said on Thursday he was opposed to violence or direct military intervention as a way to resolve the Syrian crisis, even after leading Gulf states pushed for arming the Syrian opposition. Saudi Arabia and Qatar have argued explicitly...
