With Washington's supervision, Afghanistan is secretly adopting a system of indefinite detention for thousands of prisoners previously held without charge by the U.S., human rights organizations have found. As part of the Obama administration's concessions to the...
UN Monitors Dispute Syrian Rebel Claims of Police Killings | Rebels kidnap Lebanese pilgrims in northern Syria
Fighting Escalates, Ethiopia Military Vows ‘Onslaught’ in Southern Somalia | AU attacks towns around Mogadishu
North Korea to ‘Boost Nuclear Deterrent’ After Latest US Threats | North Korean FM: Policy will remain as US continues hostile policies
Pursuant to the deal reached by Kabul and Washington for drawing down the war in Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers are now statutorily required to obtain a warrant before entering Afghan homes. The Obama administration, desperate to come to an agreement and extricate itself...
One person was killed when a car exploded in the eastern Sudanese city of Port Sudan on Tuesday in what some say may have been a covert Israeli strike. The car was struck in the Sudan's east on what has been cited as an arms smuggling route to the Hamas-controlled...
For Public Consumption: NATO ‘Pullout’ Won’t Actually Remove Troops From Afghanistan | Officials hype ‘transition’ to skeptical public
China's Defense Ministry has accused the Pentagon of hyping Chinese military power and inflating the threat it may pose to its neighbors, as ties between the two powers continue to be undermined by Washington's aggressive postures. Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman...
In the first official reaction to the forthcoming deal between Iran and the UN's nuclear watchdog, U.S. officials gave a nod to the diplomatic success, but made clear that it did not mean Washington intended to let up its pressure on Iran. Responding to the reported...
A deal has been reached between Iran and the IAEA on further probing and inspections of Iran's nuclear program, after the nuclear watchdog's chief spent Monday negotiating in Tehran. IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said after talks with chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed...
