President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of his predecessors today, renewing the annual sanctions that ban US companies from trading or investing in Iran. Obama cited the "continuing and unusual and extraordinary threat" posed by the Iranian government, which...
Said T. Jawad, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States, launched a tirade against the government's western backers today, condemning them for pointing to the failing effort to pacify the ever growing insurgency in the nation. Jawad lashed out at the "total...
Police have been out in force across Pakistan, arresting people involved in the Long March, a week-long protest rally across the nation which began today under threats of retaliation by government figures. Hundreds of thousands of lawyers are expected to take part in...
Last Updated 3/13/09 12:30 PM EST At least 24 people were killed today when four missiles fired from US drones hit a residential building in Barjo, Kurram Agency. Local officials characterized the building as a "militant hideout" and said it had been completely...
Muntadar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who went from obscurity to folk hero status in December when he threw his shoes at then-President George W. Bush, was sentenced to three years in jail today for "attempting to assault a foreign leader." Zeidi said his behavior...
The Long March began today in the cities of Karachi and Quetta, and already the government is out in force to disrupt the protest. Police attacked lawyers and political activists at Toll Plaza in Karachi, arresting several high ranking leaders of opposition parties...
Mullah Abdullah Zakir is the Taliban leader in charge of operations in southern Afghanistan, the central front in the growing nationwide insurgency. But anonymous officials told the Associated Press today that the Mullah has a very interesting backstory. He got his...
Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan have reportedly conducted their first joint anti-narcotics operation this week along the three nations' mutual borders. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said that the operation resulted in a seizure and the arrests of...
A US military spokesman in Baghdad today insisted that militants "are greatly reduced in capacity and numbers," just one day after a bombing at the reconciliation conference in Iraq killed 33 people. The bombing was the second major attack in Baghdad this week - the...
The imposition of emergency rule across much of Pakistan this week has led to a mixture of responses from opposition figures, ranging from condemnation to warnings and efforts by President Asif Ali Zardari to defend what many are seeing as a rather blatant power grab....
