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The United States warned an Iranian dissident group on Monday to follow through on plans to close a base in Iraq founded under Saddam Hussein, saying it was "gravely mistaken" to believe there was any other option. The State Department urged the g
A Russian naval source said Moscow was preparing to send marines to Syria in the event it needed to protect personnel and remove equipment from its naval facility in Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartous, according to the Interfax news agency.
Will the court’s action be enough to prevent Egypt from becoming an Islamic state? For that, it may be too late. Many see the upcoming runoff presidential election between Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi and secularist Ahmed Shafiq, a lon
On June 15 the news agency of the U.S. Defense Department, American Forces Press Service, ran a story on commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Army General Carter Ham's testimony before the House Armed Services Committee four months before in wh
Obama openly described ‘direct action’ – military operations – in both Yemen and Somalia.
The Muslim Brotherhood declares its candidate, Mohamed Morsi, has won Egypt’s presidential run-off.
Israel is calling on its allies to threaten Iran convincingly with military action during the current talks in Moscow, media reports say. Tel Aviv believes Tehran does not take the threat of war seriously yet.
“The key to ending the ban imposed on women driving in Saudi Arabia starts with women themselves,” said a statement from the Women2Drive initiative, received by AFP. It urged “women who hold driving licences (from abroad) to drive on the anniversa
Egypt’s military leaders issued a constitutional decree that gave the armed forces sweeping powers and degraded the presidency to a subservient role, as ballots in the presidential runoff showed the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate in the lead.
The Central Intelligence Agency continues to refuse to confirm or deny covert military use of drones to kill suspected terrorists overseas, despite President Barack Obama’s and even a former CIA director’s admission of the agency’s targeted killing
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch telephoned then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair on March 11, 2003 — 8 days before the U.S. invasion of Iraq — and urged him not to do anything that could delay the start of the conflict.
Saudi Arabia wants to buy between 600 and 800 Leopard II main battle tanks from Germany, at least twice more than what was previously reported, a German newspaper says. The future deal is estimated to worth around 10 billion euros.
The first day of voting in Egypt's presidential election run-off is over. Egyptians are faced with a tough decision with the ballot coming amid mass indignation after both houses of Egypt's parliament were suspended by the Constitutional Court.
Libyan authorities have sent troops to the west of the country to quell clashes between rival militias as divisions continue to rock post-Gaddafi Libya. The area has been declared a “military zone.”
As Moscow braces to host the third round of talks on Iranian nuclear program the US Senators are urging President Obama to ramp up pressure against Tehran and show that “credible military option” exists should Iran fail to curb its nuclear program.
Two car bombs in Iraq's capital killed at least 26 people Saturday on the last day of a Shiite pilgrimage already hit by multiple bombings.
Egyptians lined up Saturday to pick their first president since Hosni Mubarak...
The United Nations said Saturday that it was suspending its observer mission in Syria because of the escalating violence, the most severe blow yet to months of effort by the United Nations to negotiate a peace plan and prevent Syria’s descent into ci
Indian industrial production grew just 0.1 percent year-over-year (YoY) in April, and manufacturing which accounts for 75 percent of the industrial output index also grew just 0.1 percent.
Commercials warning Egyptian citizens to watch what they say to strangers were banned from television Friday after Egyptian Minister of Information Ahmed Anis called the ads an apparent "incitement against foreigners", according to Al Arabiya News.
The Obama administration accused Russia of planning to supply new attack helicopters to Syria, a move that U.S. officials warned would dramatically escalate the crisis and belie Moscow’s claim that it is not supporting President Bashar al-Assad’s vio
US negotiators are leaving Pakistan with no agreement on a supply route to NATO troops in Afghanistan have been reached.
The United States may soon take on a formal role in the Syrian uprising after reports surfaced this week that suggest the White House wants an air offensive targeting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Unconfirmed reports warn of possible plot to deploy chemical weapons, then blame Syrian government.
The state visit to China this week by Russian President Vladimir Putin, followed by a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Beijing, has underscored a developing strategic partnership between China and Russia.
After fierce objections from Turkey, the United States blocked Israel's participation in the Global Counterterrorism Forum's first meeting on Friday, despite Israel's having one of the most extensive counterterrorism experiences in the world.
Afghanistan's president said Saturday that the United States has put the two countries' security pact at risk with a unilateral airstrike that killed 18 civilians, while a Taliban suicide bomber killed four French soldiers responding to a tipoff abou
The al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia mocked the new $33 million bounty on its top leaders heads by offering its own bounty for President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – 10 camels for Obama, 20 chickens for Clinton.
"I advise you to raise your children in the cult of jihad and martyrdom and to instil in them a love for religion and death," the wife of al-Quaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri recently said.
NATO says only two light injuries to civilians during operation in Logar province, but local official reports at least 17 killed
