The Afghan Presidential Election, Part 3
Citizens of Afghanistan — and the rest of the world — awaited the results of the nation's presidential election the day after the...
Asia
Myanmar Asks for End to Sanctions
Commentary from Myanmar's military junta appearing in three official newspapers on August 20 proposed...
Senator Webb’s Visit to Myanmar (Burma)
Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on August 19, U.S. Senator Jim...
The Afghan Presidential Election, Part 2
The candidates in Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election were making their final appeals to...
India’s Swine Flu Panic
More people die every single day in India from tuberculosis and diarrhea-related diseases than...
Upcoming Afghan Presidential Election
With Afghanistan's presidential election to be held on August 20, candidates held campaign rallies...
U.S. Launches Offensive Against Taliban
A joint U.S.-Afghan military assault began against Dahaneh, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan's...
China Warns Against an Arms Race in Space
Building on a February 2008 proposal by the governments of China and Russia, the...
U.S. Targets Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban
The United States has placed 50 suspected Afghan drug traffickers with ties to the...
Pakistan’s Taliban Chief Baitullah Mehsud Is Killed
Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, told reporters in Islamabad on August 7, "According...
Ahmadinejad Sworn in as Iran’s President Amid Protests
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term as Iran's president on August...
U.S. Journalists Come Home After N. Korean Pardon
Euna Lee and Laura Ling, the two American journalists arrested by North Korean border...
Communism Still Stands in the “Stans”
The mass media tells us that communism around the world fell with the tearing...
Iran Detains Three American Tourists
At least two Iranian state-run TV stations — Press TV and al Alam —...
Terrorist Targeting of Police
To the headlines listed below could be added hundreds more cataloging the concerted global...
Advisers Call for Afghanistan Troop Buildup
Voice of America (VOA) News reported on July 29 that Anthony Cordesman of the...
Iranian Police Clash With Mourners
Hundreds of mourners gathered at Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery on July 27 to honor...
Gates Indicates Faster Iraq Pullout
Voice of America (VOA) News reported on July 29 that Defense Secretary Robert Gates...
Obama Presses Israel on West Bank Settlements
U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell wrapped up three days of...