An opinion poll taken in the Palestinian territories has shown that the Hamas faction would beat Fatah by a narrow margin if elections were held this week: a significant improvement over past polls, which regularly show Fatah ahead (in spite of Hamas' victory in the...
The Israeli Navy captured an aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip today, arresting those on board and towing the ship to the Israeli port of Ashdod for inspection. Early reports indicated that the ship was fired upon before its capture, though the military insists they...
In spite of heavy military shelling, the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) very much retains the upper hand in the Swat Valley. And while the national government and the military continue to look for the formula through which its oft-tried seldom successful tactic of...
Results are beginning to pour in from last weekend's Iraqi provincial elections, and the Dawlat al-Qanoon coalition of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is gaining enormously across the country, though its victory is somewhat obscured by growing accusations of electoral...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today, and said that while "President Obama has signaled his intention to support tough and direct diplomacy with Iran," the US intends to punish the Iranian government if it...
Updated 2/5/09 11:30 AM EST While Kadima has managed to somewhat narrow the gap between them and the Likud Party of Benjamin Netanyahu, the smart money continues to be on the later forming the government after next week's election, particularly with the gains of...
The Pakistani military continues to shell the Swat Valley in hopes to wresting the region from the control of the rival Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), but as the TTP's control grows, police are increasingly the ones finding themselves on the front lines, and...
The results of Iraq's provincial elections could be released as soon as tomorrow, and many in the government have praised it as a rousing success. But while it has been presented as a testament to the progress made by the United States in propping up the Iraqi...
As the violence in Afghanistan continues to escalate, Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak has pointed out that a large number of the foreign fighters flocking to the nation to take part in the seven-year-long war are coming from Iraq. Its not exactly a secret...
It's no secret that the Afghan government and the international forces have not seen eye to eye on the large civilian death toll in the ongoing war: President Hamid Karzai regularly complains about such killings, while NATO tries to minimize them (to the point of...
