A major defeat in this weekend's elections has left the Czech Republic's coalition government teetering and Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek under growing pressure to resign and hold new national elections, but it has also put the unpopular US radar station in serious...
Elections Put Israeli Peace Process on Hold
Spokesmen from both the White House and the State Department have vowed to press on with US ambitions for a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority by the end of the year, but the prospect seems all but dead with Israeli President Shimon Peres...
US Considers Taliban Talks
The reports of the Afghan government seeking some kind of rapprochement with the Taliban seem stronger than ever, and in a move which General David Petraeus said he supports earlier this month the United States may be considering not just backing the talks but being...
ElBaradei Presses Iran on Nuclear Allegations, Promises Confidentiality
In a statement to the UN General Assembly, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei said that he was still unable to "achieve full clarity regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran." He called on the Iranian...
Pakistani Senate Unanimously Condemns US Attacks
For the second time in the past few days, the Pakistani Senate has strongly condemned the recent US drone strikes in North and South Waziristan. The resolution labeled the strikes "unfortunate" and a gross violation of Pakistani sovereignty. Senate leader Raza Rabbani...
US Faces International Condemnation in Wake of Syria Strike
While the White House has declined comment and other US officials defended the strike on a Syrian border town yesterday which killed eight, international condemnation rained down on the strike from a number of sources. The Syrian government, which already summoned the...
Gen. McKiernan Slams Media for Negative Afghan Headlines
US General David McKiernan, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, is sick and tired of seeing headlines reporting how badly the war in Afghanistan is going. Sure, civilian deaths may be soaring, troop death may be at their highest level since the 2001 invasion, and...
Livni Calls for New Israeli Elections as Coalition Talks Fail
After failing to convince the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party to join a new coalition government, Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni has advised Israeli President Shimon Peres to call for a new election. President Peres did not immediately set a date, saying he wanted to...
US Threatens to Halt Services if Iraq Rejects Troop Deal
As the United States struggles to get Iraqi officials to change their position on the all-but-dead Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) top US commander General Ray Odierno has issued a three-page letter to high ranking Iraqi officials. The letter includes a list of...
Pakistan PM Slams US After Latest Drone Strike Kills 20
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani publicly condemned the "intolerable" series of unilateral US drone strikes launched in North and South Waziristan in the past two months at a press conference today. He said the strike were an attack on Pakistan's national...