A day after the CIA released a new timeline of its reaction to the assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the Pentagon added some detail to its recap of events as well, confirming that it had two elite military units that mobilized just slightly
Anti-government rebels killed 28 soldiers in attacks on 3 army checkpoints around Saraqeb, a town on Syria's main north-south highway. Some of the dead were shot after they had surrendered. Rebels berated them, calling them "Assad's Dogs",
Afghanistan will probably be unable to keep running the military bases its international backers have spent billions building after Nato troops leave, a US Congressional report has said.
The Gulfport man was watching flag-draped coffins returning to the U.S. on the news when they flashed photos of the victims. And there among them was his son.
Brahimi said that "if the Syrian government accepts, and I understand there is hope, and if the opposition accepts," a truce would be a step "towards a more global ceasefire, the withdrawal of heavy artillery, a stop to the flow of foreign weapons
Protesters stormed Libya’s national assembly on Tuesday derailing a vote on a cabinet line-up in a new blow to efforts to form a government after a landmark July election.
As he adjourned the session amid chaotic scenes, assembly president Mohamme
Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) which highlighted the fact that Obama denied backup to the forces being overrun in Benghazi.
Uh, oh! The time might be approaching when the US government will need to invade and bomb Iraq again, with the intent of, once again, achieving regime change and installing a regime that is obedient, submissive, and loyal to the US Empire.
the Taliban was stung by the negative public reaction, unable to fathom that shooting a young girl in the head for her outspoken views would be generate such open and unified hostility toward the Islamist terror group.
Bahraini authorities have prohibited protest gatherings and rallies until further notice, a day after police cracked down heavily on demonstrators, once again during the 20-month fatality-riddled unrest.
Britain's foreign secretary William Hague has called on the fractured Syrian opposition to do more to unite, but said he hopeful that it can form a transition government.
Soon after he took office, President Obama began a process ultimately designed to reestablish full US diplomatic relations with Iran, including a reopening of embassies. The initiative, part of a wider shift in America’s diplomatic orientation, aimed
Oil major Royal Dutch/Shell is seeking to work around international sanctions by repaying a $1.4 billion oil debt to Iran with a grain barter deal via U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill, industry sources said.
An urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the US consulate and subsequent attack hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand down" rather than help
International satellite services provider Intelsat has blocked Iran’s official broadcast channels in Europe, a company spokesman said. But it would not confirm or deny an Iranian report that it did so at the order of the US government.