The Obama administration told Israeli officials this week that the U.S. plans to extend for three years $3.8 billion in loan guarantees to Israel. The Israeli government was reportedly worried that the extension would not be granted after several months of delay in...
Meet the Egypt Lobby | Attacks on pro-democracy NGOs ‘legal,’ lobbyists insist
GCC Nations to Withdraw Monitors, Push for UN Intervention Against Syria | Syria extends monitor mission, but pullout leaves questions over its future
Pakistan Army Rejects US Report on November Killings | Formal rejection of claim November 26 attack was ‘self-defense’
UN: Obama Flouting International Law at Gitmo | Human rights chief slams arbitrary detentions
US Drone Strike Kills Five in North Waziristan | Slain reportedly from Turkmenistan
The Pentagon has a practice called "condolence payments." This is when U.S. commanders pay surviving family members thousands of dollars for every civilian they've killed. After a night operation in 2009 killed 15 civilians, U.S. commanders visited the village and...
Nigerian Police Find Hundreds of Bombs in Kano as Toll Continues to Rise | Boko Haram: We warned Kano leadership beforehand
Although outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has signed a deal to step down and is coming to the United States, many in the opposition movement are skeptical that they've seen the last of him. The longtime U.S. ally has faced almost a year of protest against...
Road to Palestinian Statehood Through Guatemala? | Change in UNSC membership leaves tiny Central American nation the decider
