Brand recognition is usually a good thing. Unless you're Blackwater Worldwide, that is. The military contractor who's name has become synonymous with some of the ugliest chapters in the war in Iraq has decided that it would be best to change its name. Henceforth, they...
Likud officials are reporting that the party is willing to meet two of Avigdor Lieberman's major demands for his Yisrael Beiteinu party to endorse them in the next government: easing the legal requirements for conversion to Judaism and allowing civil unions for those...
Ayelet Frish, the spokeswoman for Israeli President Shimon Peres, detailed the President's timeline for selecting which party will get first crack at forming the next Israeli government. "The president will start consultations on Wednesday night. He will meet...
Every time the United States launches a drone attack in Pakistan, the Pakistani government formally complains. Senator Dianne Feinstein doesn't really understand why. In fact, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the drones "are flown out...
South Korean officials say that the North Korean government is assembling a long-range missile for a test fire which could come as soon as the end of the month. A successful test is predicted to fly over Japan, and the missile might have the range to hit Alaska....
Behind schedule and over-budget, the Bush Administration's missile defense shield in Eastern Europe was a source of tension with Russia and a multi-billion dollar black hole. It is unsurprising, then, that President Obama was so non-committal about following through...
Australian forces launched a pre-dawn raid on a village in Oruzgan Province, sparking a gunbattle that left five children dead and several others wounded. The Australian military defended the killings, saying they were "in accordance with the rules of engagement," but...
A female suicide bomber attacked a tent in Iskandiriyah, just south of Baghdad today, killing at least 40 and wounding scores of others. The tent was set up to offer food and drink to women and children who were making a pilgrimage to Karbala. Iraqi officials say that...
Pakistan acknowledged today that the November Mumbai attacks were partly plotted on their soil, and said that they had begun criminal proceedings against eight suspected of involvement. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the move would assure the international...
US envoy Richard Holbrooke arrived in Kabul today to help President Obama decide how to proceed with his promised escalation of the war in Afghanistan. His visit was not exactly a cheerful time, coming as Kabul recovered from multiple Taliban attacks which killed at...
