Britain's legal basis for remaining in Iraq for more than another 10 days is tenuous, at best. A previous draft proposal backed by the Iraqi cabinet sought to order the troops to wrap things up by the end of May and leave by the end of July. But in a tumultuous week...
It has been over a week since the Pakistani government promised to deploy its paramilitary Frontier Corps to protect supply trucks being delivered to NATO forces in Afghanistan. The attacks continue, but shipments have crawled to a virtual halt. While all the sides...
Iran says yes, Russia says no, Israel just worries.
On Wednesday night it was reported that 35 high ranking members of Iraq's Interior Ministry were arrested, amid claims of enormous bribes, shadowy conspiracies, and even the possibility of a coup being plotted by the remnants of Iraq's Ba'athist Party. And here we...
Taliban mocks suggestion of doubling US troops in Afghanistan.
al-Qaeda, innocent men, or illusionists? Iraq’s government can’t get its story straight
The lower chamber of the Czech Parliament voted today on the extension of the mandate for foreign troop deployments in Afghanistan and Kosovo, and with 101 votes needed in the 200 seat house, the government netted only 99 yes votes, defeating the measure. Prime...
Gilad says providing Iran with defensive system would help wipe Israel off the map
As American and Russian diplomats continue to fruitlessly debate the basic terms of a new arms treaty, the Commander of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces Colonel-General Nikolay Solovtsov offered something of an olive branch, suggesting his nation was willing to...
Both Sunni and Shi’ite clerics call for the release of Zeidi. Iranian Ayatollah praises the start of the “shoe intifada.”
