Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has been formally indicted for leaking classified information to reporters, in the latest development of the Obama administration's war on whistleblowers. Kiriakou, who served as an intelligence officer from 1990 until 2004 and was...
A rocket fired into a southern Israeli resort city early Thursday came from Egypt's Sinai desert, according to Israeli authorities.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Sinai was becoming a "terror zone." No injuries were reported from the attack and no claim of...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced German poet and Nobel Prize laureate Guenter Grass on Thursday for writing that Israel is a threat to world peace and for calling for international oversight of both Israeli and Iranian nuclear facilities. The...
The commander of the NATO-led war in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday of a significant increase in fighting in the country's east this summer. "As I look to reduce the numbers of U.S. forces ... I will use significant combat power in the east, anticipating we are going...
A small group of U.S. military personnel are deployed to Mali “on stand-by,” despite Washington's official suspension of military cooperation following last month's coup, as negotiations for a return to civilian rule supposedly continue. Over the weekend, U.S. Africa...
Libyan NTC Threatens Intervention, But Western Towns Keep Fighting | Death toll continues to rise in clashes
CIA Withheld Info From Britain, Fearing Transparency | UK courts not secret enough for US tastes
Clashes Continue in Syria, 54 Reported Killed | Officials report troops still moving out of some cities
Pakistan Spurns US Bounty on Charity Head: Wants Evidence Instead | Saeed: I’m right here, US should pay me the bounty
The State Department has released a February 2006 internal memo from then-Counselor Philip Zelikow opposing Bush-era authorization for torture by the CIA, although it was previously thought to have been destroyed. When the Obama administration declassified the...
