Israel's Likud Party has dominated recent polls and is predicted to have a good chance at forming a government after the February 10 elections, but this week's primary results are expected to make it difficult for party leader Benjamin Netanyahu to position the party...
NATO Explores Alternatives to Khyber Pass, No Good Options
After a series of major attacks on vehicles in Peshawar supply depots meant for international forces in Afghanistan, The Pakistani government's seriousness about protecting the vital Khyber Pass route to Afghanistan, through which 75% of all supplies for the...
British Forces to Start Leaving Iraq in March
Britain, the only other nation besides the United States with a significant number of troops on the ground in Iraq, intends to begin pulling its remaining 4,100 forces from the nation in March, with a goal of having no more than 400 remaining by next summer. Britain...
Pakistan Won’t Hand Over Detainees to India
Pakistan FM says the 22 arrested in Sunday’s camp raid won’t be given to India.
Obama’s Dueling Transition Teams
Sources are reporting that President-elect Barack Obama's appointee for US ambassador to the United Nations Dr. Susan Rice, after a visit to the State Department headquarters, plans to install her own transition team, independent of incoming Secretary of State Sen....
Think Tank: Taliban has Permanent Presence in 72 Percent of Afghanistan
NATO, Afghan government condemn reports of Taliban presence in 72 percent of the nation
Rights Group: Failed US Policies Making Matters Worse in Somalia
Human Rights Watch releases a report on war crimes in Somalia
Growing Fears in Peshawar as Over 50 More Trucks Destroyed
Militants destroyed over 160 vehicles bound for Afghanistan on Sunday morning in and around the Pakistani city of Peshawar in raids on two separate compounds storing the vehicles for the international forces. This morning, they struck again. In another pre-dawn raid,...
General Sees Consensus on Shifting Marines to Afghanistan
Marine Corps Commandant General James Conway, long an advocate of shifting Marines from Iraq to Afghanistan, told the Associated Press today that he sees a growing consensus of agreement on his position. In the interview, he says Marine units scheduled to be sent to...
Blackwater Guards Charged in 2007 Iraq Killings
Blackwater guards face 14 counts of manslaughter over 2007 killings