Egypt’s Mursi Backs Off Parliament Restoration | Urges talks but will ‘respect’ decision to oust parliament again
Egypt’s Mursi Backs Off Parliament Restoration
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Libya Vote: Pro-NATO Bloc Could Win Plurality But Lose Election
Libya Vote: Pro-NATO Bloc Could Win Plurality But Lose Election | Islamists see path to coalition government
Iran Warns Media Not to Cover Impact of Sanctions
Iran Warns Media Not to Cover Impact of Sanctions | Insists reports must reflect ‘regime interests’
Report: Settler Attacks Against Palestinians Rising
Report: Settler Attacks Against Palestinians Rising | Attacks rising every year as settlements expand
Russia Sends Warships Toward Syria
Russia has dispatched eleven warships to the eastern Mediterranean, some of which will dock in Syria, in Moscow's latest attempt to display Russian power in the region and ward off a Western intervention in Syria. About half of the ships are capable of carrying...
US Forcibly Injected Gitmo Detainees With ‘Mind Altering Drugs’
Detainees inside the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay were forcibly injected with powerful "mind altering drugs" and then interrogated, according to a declassified report obtained by Truthout through a Freedom of Information Act Request. Some of the drugs, which...
White House Outraged at UN Call to Include Iran in Syria Talks
White House Outraged at UN Call to Include Iran in Syria Talks | Iran would ruin demands for Assad’s ouster
Under Netanyahu, Illegal Settler Population Swells
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's policies over the last three years have drawn tens of thousands of Israelis into the West Bank, causing the Jewish population in Palestinian territory to increase by 18 percent. The number of Jewish settlers that the Israeli...
Pakistani Ambassador: Govt. Never Okayed US Drone Strikes
Pakistani Ambassador: Govt. Never Okayed US Drone Strikes | Reopening the border not an endorsement of drones
US Still Supporting Abusive Afghan Militias as Civil War Looms
The US is clinging to a controversial policy of training local Afghan militias to carry on the task of keeping order beyond the 2014 date for withdrawal of foreign troops. But the armed gangs are not winning hearts and minds and US support may be laying the groundwork...
