At his first press conference in his new status, US President-elect Barack Obama hit out at the Iranian government today, accusing them of "development of a nuclear weapon" and vowing "to mount an international effort to prevent that from happening." The Bush...
From its earliest stages the Obama campaign made a timetable for Iraq's pullout a top priority promise. With another 74 days until he even takes office and the current administration's rational for keeping the troops in place faltering fast, what he assured the voters...
Growing doubts about the government's actions in the August war with Russia, which destroyed much of Georgia's military, as well as residual anger over last year's anti-opposition crackdown seem palpable today as over 10,000 members of the opposition rallied in the...
US drones launched yet another unilateral air strike into Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency today, hitting what was described as a "suspected al-Qaeda compound" with multiple missiles and killing at least 13 inside. Information travels slowly in this remote part of...
President Bush has vowed to make an "unprecedented effort" to help with the transition to an Obama Administration. But as the outgoing and incoming administrations prepare for as-orderly-as-possible a handover of America's assorted wars and other foreign policy...
Just a day after reports emerged that a US air strike against a wedding party in Kandahar earlier in the week killed at least 40 civilians, another US strike in Badghis Province killed at least another 20 people, with at least seven of them reportedly civilians....
A suicide bomber attacked a tribal jirga earlier today in Pakistan's restive Bajaur Agency, killing 22 and wounding over 100 including the tribal head who convened the meeting. The jirga was discussing how to deal with the growing militancy in the region, which has...
The United States has officially responded to the Iraqi government's proposed amendments to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) today. The terms of the response have not yet been made public, but early reports indicate that, as suggested by White House spokesman...
In one of the last conceivable financial moves the United States can possibly take against the Iranian banking system, the Bush Administration announced today that they will prevent US banks from processing transactions for Iranian banks even if the transactions were...
As violence in Afghanistan spirals even further out of control, the United States military is relying more and more on air power in combat situations. The number of air missions launched by the US is up 31% over last year, and these missions are taking an increasing...
