While the Bush Administration publicly hails the "progress" within Iraq which has allowed them to turn over control of Anbar province to the Iraqi government, many officials are reportedly expressing private concerns that success has gone to Prime Minister Nouri...
Not long after NATO announced a joint probe into a US air strike in Herat which a UN report said killed 90 civilians, including 60 children, already tense relations with the Afghan government and populace stand to take another hit amid news that NATO forces have...
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan gets under way, the Pakistani government has announced a ceasefire in the restive Swat Valley for the duration of the holiday. The fighting has been particularly bad in the tiny Bajaur Agency, where over half of the population is...
Nearly 2,000 people crossed into Egypt from the Gaza Strip and 882 Palestinians stranded in Egypt since the border closed were finally able to return home as Egypt allowed the Rafah crossing to open for 48 hours as a "goodwill gesture" in advance of Ramadan. Gaza has...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev defended last week's decree recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia ahead of tomorrow's emergency EU summit on the Georgian conflict. Reports abound that several EU member nations are pressing for harsh sanctions...
NATO spokesman Brigadier General Richard Blanchette announced a joint probe between coalition forces, the Afghan government and the United Nations into a Herat air-strike earlier this month that stands as one of the largest incidents of US-inflicted civilian...
Updated 8/30 8:45 PM EST Less than a week after losing their largest coalition partner the Pakistani Peoples Party's internal stability has been called into question, amid reports that acting party leader and presumptive future President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari...
Relief agencies fear that their workers could be put in jeopardy by what they call the "militarization" of humanitarian operations in Georgia. In making the effort a military operation, they fear the line will be blurred between military and civilian aid, and that...
In a meet unusual for its high level of secrecy, Admiral Mike Mullen and General David Petraeus met with the head of Pakistan's military, General Ashfaq Kayani, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The meeting focused primarily on the increased fighting...
The US State Department cautioned against getting "overly excited" about the recent increase in tensions with North Korea. Yesterday, North Korea announced that it had suspended disabling its nuclear program two weeks ago, and threatened to renew its nuclear weapons...
