From 2005-2010, the United States and other donor nations paid for 90 percent of the expenditures of the Afghan government, according to a new study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). It found that the U.S. paid for 62 percent, while other donor nations...
Admiral Mike Mullen said that the Inter Services Intelligence, Pakistan's intelligence agency, is supporting militant extremists in the Haqqani network in Afghanistan, at a Senate hearing on Thursday. With rising insurgent violence in Afghanistan - including a...
Syrian Troops Seen Massing in Major Protest Cities | Beatings reported as schoolchildren begin protesting
A radical offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K.) says it is responsible for two recent bomb attacks in Turkey. The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (T.A.K.) claimed bombings in the cities of Ankara and Kemer.
Pakistan Challenges US to Prove Allegations | Warns US not to invade tribal areas
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared Thursday that he will not see the Pentagon budget cut. "I don't want to hollow out the force," Panetta told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "I am not going to do that." Either forgetting or disregarding two important...
Congressional leaders are falling over one another to show their support for Israel by moving to punish the Palestinian Authority for seeking United Nations membership by revoking the $600 million in annual aid the US sends to Palestinians. But the public display of...
Rebel attacks accompanied by NATO airstrikes on the Libyan city of Sirte have killed 151 civilians, according to a spokesman for the fugitive leader Muammar Gadhafi. "Between yesterday and this morning, 151 civilians were killed inside their homes as the Grad rockets...
US Drones Kill 10 in Southern Yemen | Another 16 killed in Sanaa as ceasefire crumbles
Palestinians May Delay UN Security Council Vote on Statehood | Aims for more time to convince nations
