NATO: Gadhafi Forces ‘Severely Weakened’ | Insists regime can’t launch ‘credible military offensive’
Saleh Rejects Power Transfer Deal
Saleh Rejects Power Transfer Deal | Yemeni ruler again backs away from deal over ‘objections’
Israeli Protests May Influence Freeze in Defense Budget
Israeli plans to significantly increase their defense budget in response to the popular upheavals throughout the Arab world may be shelved for at least a year. Various factors, from the Israeli protesters in Tel Aviv to the global financial crisis, have led Prime...
Israel Approves 4,300 New Homes in East Jerusalem
Israel's interior minister gave final authorization to build 1,600 apartments in Palestinian East Jerusalem and will approve 2,700 more in coming days. Adding further damage to the beleaguered "peace process," the settlement authorization prompted senior Palestinian...
UN Secretary Gen. Voices Alarm Over Civilian Losses in Libya
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon voiced alarm on Thursday over recent reports of civilians killed in NATO's intervention in Libya and called on all sides to do as much as possible to avoid killing innocent people. The Secretary''s concerned public statement comes...
White House Stops Short of Calling for Assad’s Ouster
At least 27 more civilians were killed in Syria as Bashar al Assad continued his attacks throughout the country. The deaths occurred mostly in Hama, where the military siege has surpassed ten days. Mosques and civilian infrastructure were shelled by tanks as citizens...
Top Official Claims CIA Covered Up Efforts to Recruit 9/11 Hijackers
Top Official Claims CIA Covered Up Efforts to Recruit 9/11 Hijackers
At Least 25 Killed as US Drones Strike North Waziristan
At Least 25 Killed as US Drones Strike North Waziristan | Pakistani officials believe slain were Haqqani Network members
Mexico Blocks US Extradition of ‘Drug Queen’
A Mexican "drug queen" acquitted of actual drug charges will not be extradited to the US, a Mexican federal court ruled today. Sandra Ávila Beltrán was cleared in December but held until the justice system could decide whether or not she would be sent to the US over a...
Report: Afghan Govt Leaks Kill Secret US-Taliban Talks
Report: Afghan Govt Leaks Kill Secret US-Taliban Talks | Talks were ‘the real thing,’ officials insist