Thousands rallied for reform this week in Bahrain as an international panel set up by King Hamad began to investigate Shi'ite-led mass protests and the brutal crackdown by the government. The Bahraini monarchy has been accused of killing over 30 people and detaining...
Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh will only cede power “through the ballot box and by adhering the constitution,” his foreign minister said. Still in Saudi Arabia recovering from injuries sustained in an assassination attempt in June, Saleh's reverence...
Western Interest In Libyan Peace Deal Appears to Fade | Britain expels Gadhafi envoys as officials vow to continue war
Israel is suing a group of poor Bedouin Palestinians in the Negev desert for over $500,000, the claimed costs of demolishing their village each time they rebuild it. Israeli authorities have destroyed, and the Bedouin have rebuilt, the homes in al-Araqib more than 20...
Clinton Urges Veto on Foreign Relations Bill | Insists State Dept. ‘opposes’ the bill
High-Profile Assassinations on the Rise in Afghanistan | Killings underscore Taliban leadership’s opposition to ‘reconciliation’
US Warplanes Attack Vehicle in Southern Iraq | Iraqi MPs express concern over Maysan Province strikes
Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri Backs Syria Protests | Praises demonstrators for ‘standing up to oppression’
North Korea Urges US to Accept Peace Deal | 61 years into conflict, US seems uninterested in offer
The plot thickened in Afghanistan on Wednesday as a meeting with tribal elders ended in death for the mayor of the southern city of Kandahar. US citizen Ghulam Haidar Hamidi, an accountant in Virginia for 30 years before moving back to Afghanistan to take the...
