Rebel forces and armed civilians are rounding up thousands of black Libyans and migrants from sub-Sahara Africa, imprisoning them in makeshift jails across the capital and accusing them of being mercenaries for Moammar Gadhafi. As the rebels and their Transitional...
State Dept Cable: Daisuke Matsuzaka Signing Harmed North Korea Talks
State Dept Cable: Daisuke Matsuzaka Signing Harmed North Korea Talks | Christopher Hill’s Red Sox enthusiasm leads to botching key talks
Turkey: Israel Has One Day to Apologize for Flotilla Raid
Turkey declared Thursday that it would not tolerate another delay in the release of a United Nations report concerning Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, and warned of consequences including sanctions should Israel continue to refuse to apologize...
Surge of Anger as Bahraini Forces Attack Protesters, Kill Teen
Surge of Anger as Bahraini Fores Attack Protesters, Kill Teen | Govt denies police involvement in killing
Nigeria Scrambles to Negotiate with Boko Haram
Nigeria Scrambles to Negotiate with Boko Haram | Anti-technology terror group’s menace soars as they embrace bombs, guns
Sen. Schumer: No Lockerbie Extradition, No Aid for Libya Rebels
Sen. Schumer: No Lockerbie Extradition, No Aid for Libya Rebels | Insists rebels turn over Megrahi
NATO Still Bombing Libya
NATO Still Bombing Libya | As rebels track Gadhafi, NATO air strikes continue
Drug-Related Mexican Violence Soars, As US Policy Bolsters Cartels
As of early August, 650 people had been killed in Acapulco, Mexico in 2011, making it one of the the bloodiest cities in Mexico, due primarily to the drug war. As a key passageway for South American cocaine, the city has long attracted drug gangs, with agents of...
$60 Billion US War Funds Lost to Fraud & Waste
As much as $60 billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade through lax oversight, poor planning and payoffs to warlords and insurgents. In its final report to Congress, the Commission on Wartime Contracting said...
Killings of Afghan Police Soaring
Killings of Afghan Police Soaring | Poorly paid, barely trained police an easy target