Humanitarian Aid May Be First Step Toward Salvaging Gaza Truce
Between eight and 12 Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip today, causing no injuries and doing minimal damage in the latest incident in...
Taliban Rejects Karzai Offer to Protect Mullah Omar for Talks
Reiterating an offer he made in early October, Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered to provide security for Taliban leader Mullah Omar if he agrees to...
Iran Open to Turkish Mediation With Obama Administration
After the G20 summit on Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his government would be willing to play the role on mediator...
Obama’s Gitmo Promise May Lead to Complex New Detainee Rules
President-elect Barack Obama's promise to close the detainee camp at Guantanamo Bay may seem straightforward, and indeed he had been talking about doing just that...
Iranian Official Praises Pact as Parliament Debates
The Iraqi parliament began debating today on whether or not to approve the controversial Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States. The SOFA,...
Medvedev Optimistic on US-Russia Relations Under Obama
After previously announcing his intent to deploy Iskander missiles in the exclave of Kaliningrad, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took a more hopeful tone, saying he...
Obama Promises to Follow Through on Gitmo Closure
In an interview tonight on "60 Minutes," President-elect Barack Obama reiterated a promise, made often during his campaign, that he will close the detainee camp...
Pakistan PM Hopes Obama Means End to US Air Strikes
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani said today that his government is in "regular contact" with the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama, and expressed...
Peres: Obama Brings Hope of Iran Talks
Israeli President Shimon Peres says he believes President-elect Barack Obama may be able to unite the international community and force Iran to the negotiating table....
Pakistan’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Deal on US Air Strikes
Pakistan's loud complaints about the regular US air strikes in its tribal areas have had so little effect on American policy that it has been...
Iraqi Cabinet Okays US Pact
The Iraqi cabinet has approved the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States, in a vote that was surprisingly one-sided. 27 of 28...
Russia Threatens to Pull Out of Arms Treaty Over NATO Expansion
A senior Russian military diplomat is quoted as saying that if NATO grants Membership Action Plans to Georgia and Ukraine, the Russian government will ultimately...
