A US drone strike on Wednesday in Yemen's southeastern Shabwa province killed nine people, described by anonymous tribal and Yemeni government sources as 'al-Qaeda militants.' "A US drone struck a house where al-Qaeda militants were meeting, and a car nearby," in the...
A series of bombings across 10 locations in Iraq has killed up to 83 people and wounded about 300, in a grim reminder of the sectarianism and violence left behind by the U.S. war. Suicide bombs went off in restaurants and car bombs exploded in Hilla and Baghdad, where...
An Islamist website published a video message on Tuesday from Abu Yahya al-Libi, the high-level al-Qaeda member that Washington supposedly killed in a drone strike for at least the second time, although it was unclear when the message was recorded. Obama...
UN Security Council Threatens Sanctions on Any Who ‘Disrupt’ Yemeni Govt. | Warns against ‘spoilers’ of Yemen’s single-candidate democracy
Syria Rebels Secure Foreign Arms as UN Declares Civil War | US ‘confronts Russia’ on arms for regime
Yemeni Military Claims Victory in Abyan | Zinjibar, Jaar ‘completely cleansed,’ insists general
Karzai Demands Full Halt to US Airstrikes on Civilian Homes | US downplays significance, insists civilian deaths ‘rare’
US: Pakistan Must ‘Bite the Bullet’ on Supply Route to Ease Tensions | Officials say this would be ‘important step’ to improving US ties
The Obama administration has agreed to let numerous countries be exempt from penalties under a harsh new set of economic sanctions on Iran's oil sector, but has refused to grant China - a major importer of Iranian oil - such exemptions. The new round of sanctions are...
The Obama administration on Tuesday criticized Russia for sending attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime as the bloody conflict worsens amid meddling from foreign powers. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. was "concerned...
