Top Israeli Officials Diverge on Iran Statements

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept up his hawkish, pro-war rhetoric on Thursday, but other top Israeli officials issued more careful statements regarding Iran's nuclear program, indicating a rift in Israel's senior leadership. Netanyahu had previously...

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Panetta: Iran is Not Developing Nuclear Weapons

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that Iran is enriching uranium in a peaceful nuclear program but that Tehran has not decided to develop an atomic bomb. Top U.S. military and intelligence officials gave separate testimonies in congressional hearings on...

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Top US Official: Iran Unlikely to Attack the West

Iran is very unlikely to intentionally provoke a conflict with the West and almost certainly would not initiate a first strike on the U.S. or its allies, including Israel, according to the top U.S. military intelligence official. Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess,...

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Two US Drone Strikes Kill Up to 21 People in Pakistan

Two U.S. drones strikes in north-west Pakistan have killed up 21 people on Thursday and wounded several others, according  to Pakistani officials.  Pakistani officials said that the first attack launched two missiles and killed at least five "militants," and wounded...

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Guatemalan President Pushes Drug Decriminalization

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has announced the Central American country will defy U.S. orders and decriminalize drugs to put an end to the U.S.-led drug war. "We are not doing what the United States says, we are doing what we have to do," said Perez, who...

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