Dozens were killed in bombs and shooting attacks across Iraq Monday morning, mid-way through the Ramadan holiday. Most of the 13 attacks targeted government forces, but the deadliest targeted civilians during morning rush-hour. The current toll stands at 74 killed,...
Libya Rebels Tout Capture of Zawiya: Is This Rebels’ Latest Failed Offensive?
Libya Rebels Tout Capture of Zawiya: Is This Rebels’ Latest Failed Offensive? | Tripoli deceptively close in latest rebel offensive
Report: Libya Regime, Rebels in Tunisia Talks
Report: Libya Regime, Rebels in Tunisia Talks | Gadhafi officials deny talks, rebels decline comment
Afghan Taliban Claim Attack on Governor’s Compound
Twenty five people are dead and a thirty seven more are wounded after a methodic assault on an Afghan governor's compound. Parwan governor Abdul Basir Salangi was the target of the assault, and while the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, rumors are...
Palestinian MP Confirms UN Security Council Statehood Vote in September
Palestinian MP Confirms UN Security Council Statehood Vote in September | US veto stands in way of potential statehood
Egyptians United Against US Interference
The Obama administration's plan to pour $65 million into Egypt this year, supposedly to help organize new political parties, has sparked a powerful backlash from the interim military government, Islamist parties and even some reform-minded activists. Groups taking...
US, Hamas Reach Deal, Gaza Aid to Restart
US, Hamas Reach Deal, Gaza Aid to Restart | Independent auditors to be used for NGOs
‘I’m So Proud. I Shot Down Navy SEALs’ Chinook’
A Taliban fighter has given the first account of how his unit fired two “opportunist” rocket-propelled grenades that brought down a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 38 elite American and Afghan troops in the deadliest attack of NATO's 10-year campaign. His...
Iraqi VP: US Pullout Would Improve Security
Pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq will improve the security situation there, Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi claimed Sunday, days after Iraqi leaders agreed to negotiate a possible post-2011 occupation. Hashemi, a Sunni Muslim and one of two vice presidents whose...
Report: Al-Shabab’s Mogadishu ‘Exit’ Part of Growing Internal Rift
Report: Al-Shabab’s Mogadishu ‘Exit’ Part of Growing Internal Rift | Militant faction’s moderate, hawkish wings increasingly at odds