Iran aims to put its warships in international waters off the coast of the United States “in the next few years,” the head of the Iranian navy, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said on Tuesday. The official statement, issued on Iranian state TV, was a direct rhetorical...
The sweeping US-led economic sanctions being imposed on Iran are blocking necessary pharmaceuticals and medical treatment for Iran's sick and infirm, in what appears to be a cruel for of collective punishment that deliberately puts innocent lives at risk. Althought...
The Afghan government said Tuesday it expects to take full control by next week from the United States of the Bagram prison, which holds up to 3,000 inmates, many of whom have been detained without charge or trial and severely abused. Back in March, the US gave in to...
25 Killed in Suicide Attack Against Afghan Funeral | Bombing targeted district chief
At Least Two Killed in Attack on US Consulate Car in Pakistan | Peshawar consular car rammed
Hundreds of Afghan villagers in the northern province of Kunduz staged a protest this week after US-backed warlords murdered up to 16 civilians as a reprisal for a Taliban assassination of a member of their militia. These pro-government militias are among the gangs...
UN’s New Syria Envoy Takes Over as Civil War Continues | Brahimi concedes job ‘nearly impossible’
White House Disavows Obama’s Pledge for 2014 Afghan Withdrawal | Blasts press for reporting public comments
Although the US military has suspended the training of some Afghan police recruits so they can be re-vetted in response to rising "insider attacks," Afghan officials say they lack the resources to properly screen new Afghan security force trainees. These so-called...
10 Turkish Soldiers, 20 Kurdish Militants Killed in Southern Clashes | PKK fighters attacked base near Iraq border
