The Pakistani military continued its offensive into the restive Swat Valley today, and one official reported that at least 43 civilians were killed in the crossfire between soldiers and the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants which have taken over much of the...
While President Barack Obama reversed a number of the Bush Administration's anti-terror excesses, the controversial tactic known as extraordinary rendition, the extralegal kidnapping and transportation of detainees, remains conspicuously legal. Only a cursory effort...
Israeli warplanes bombed a Hamas security base in central Gaza tonight along with attacks on two other sites along the Egyptian border. The hits centered around Hamas targets as the group attempts to put the finishing touches on its Egypt-brokered ceasefire with the...
Early (and unofficial) projections show Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and allies gaining at the expense of the rival Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council. If this holds though the final count, which will not be available until likely late in the week, it will...
After ordering a cameraman to turn off his camera, Israeli Ambassador to Australia Yuval Rotem engaged in a very frank discussion about the recent Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, calling it "a preintroduction" to an attack on Iran that Israel apparently expects within...
During a session held in Djibouti the Somali parliament has decided on Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as the new president of Somalia. Ahmed will replace Abdullahi Yusuf, who was ousted last month under the threat of US sanctions. Ahmed has a colorful history: a geography...
North Korea's state-run new agency quoted top officials today as saying the nation was "on the brink of war" with neighboring South Korea, and the government has also announced that it will be abandoning the nonagression pact between the two nations. Experts say the...
As Sri Lanka's military continues its increasingly bloody military offensive in the breakaway northern portion of the nation, scores of civilian deaths have been reported and a quarter of a million civilians have been put at direct risk. Yet the Sri Lankan government...
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz cites top "decision-makers" as saying the attacks against Hamas and other groups in the Gaza Strip would continue in spite of the continuing efforts by the international community to negotiate a ceasefire. One source is quoted as saying...
Shortly after his inauguration, President Obama signed an executive order calling for a 120 day halt to all legal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay while they conduct a review... a first step in the long effort to close the detention facility. But the top military judge...
