Japan Hesitates on U.S. Bases in Okinawa
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada announced on December 8 that his nation was suspending talks with the United States regarding the status of...
Asia
Dubai Debt Debacle Rattles Markets, Confidence
In Dubai, massive banners advertising available space adorn the sides of nearly every building....
Donald Rumsfeld Let bin Laden Escape into Pakistan
Donald Rumsfeld could have given the order to kill or capture Osama bin Laden,...
Climate Change Driving Poor Women to Prostitution?
Of all the head-shaking, unsubstantiated, scientifically preposterous, globalist gratifying gobbledygook ever claimed by the...
Six Nations Urge Iran to Accept IAEA Deal
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — the United States,...
Karzai Begins 2nd Term as Afghan President
Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term as the president of Afghanistan...
Corruption Rampant in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is seen as the second most corrupt country in the world according to...
Anglo-American Strategy in Afghanistan: Pay off Insurgents with “Bags of Gold”
The London Times reported that official British documents have revealed that the new Anglo-American...
Chinese Disrespect for Obama Grows
Just prior to the November 15 Obama visit to China, a front-page article in...
Obama Criticizes Israeli Settlement Building
U.S. government-controlled VOA news on November 18 cited President Obama's statement that Israel's recent...
UN Nuke Chief in Secret Talks With Iran
The Times of London reported on November 17 that UN and Iranian officials have...
China Executes Nine for Riot-related Crimes
Communist China has executed nine men for crimes committed during violent, ethnically motivated riots...
British Soldiers Killed by Afghan Policeman
British officials announced that five British soldiers were shot and killed on November 3...
Karzai Offers Invitation to “Our Taliban Brothers”
Delivering his acceptance speech at a November 3 press conference, the day after Afghanistan's...
India’s Central Bank Buys 200 Tons of Gold
In yet another sign of eroding international confidence in the U.S. dollar, India’s central...
Karzai Declared President of Afghanistan
VOA News reported on November 2 that Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had declared...
U.S. Paying Taliban Who Claim to Switch Sides
The U.S. Government will soon begin paying Taliban members who claim to switch sides...
Karzai’s Brother on CIA Payroll, N.Y. Times Says
According to a New York Times report published on October 27, Ahmed Wali Karzai,...
Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Baghdad Bombings
The Islamic State of Iraq, an extremist group linked to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility in...
14 U.S. Deaths in Afghan Helicopter Crashes
NATO officials in Afghanistan have reported that three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopters...