Afghans Deny Zalmay Khalilzad to Have Top Kabul Post
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has denied a speculative report appearing in the New York Times for May 19 that Zalmay Khalilzad, who was...
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Obama Renews Sanctions on Syria
After months of initiatives and statements from the new Obama administration indicating it intended...
Papal Visit to Jordan Prompts Diverse Muslim Response
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Amman, Jordan, on May 8 at the beginning of...
Pakistan Cracks Down on Taliban
Pakistani fighter jets and helicopters struck Taliban positions in the country's Swat Valley on...
Spreading Christianity in Dar al-Islam
If our military is any indication, it just may be true that there are...
Pakistan: Sanctuary for Taliban, al-Qaeda
Back in February, Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan,...
North Korean Threat Grossly Overblown
In the midst of an economic crisis and worries over a global epidemic, North...
Demise of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers May Be Near
The long-running war in Sri Lanka, the impoverished Indian Ocean nation suspended like a...
Iraq Accuses U.S. of Violating Security Pact
A pre-dawn U.S. military raid on April 26 that had targeted Iranian-backed Shi'ite militiamen...
North Korean Missile Launch Creates Crisis
As expected, North Korea launched its Taepodong-2 long-range rocket on April 5, a move...
Arab & South American Countries Hold Summit
Leaders of the 22-member Arab League and 12 South American countries met last week...
U.S. Journalists Face Trial in North Korea
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two U.S. journalists detained by North Korea on...
North Korea Prepares to Launch Missile
Quoting from a senior U.S. military official, CNN has reported that North Korea has...
Tibet Marks 50th Anniversary of Lhasa Uprising
With an average elevation of 16,000 feet, Tibet has been called "the Roof of...
China Calls for a Global Currency
China is calling for a new global reserve currency to replace the dollar. According...
North Korea Adamant on Missile Launch
On March 24, the North Korean government warned the UN, the United States, and...
North Korea Detains U.S. Journalists
Two journalists for the California-based online media outlet Current TV were taken into custody...
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China Wants Importers to Pay Its Carbon Tax
During a mid-March forum organized by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change in...
Taliban Militants Hit NATO Supply Convoy
As many as 50 suspected Taliban militants destroyed 15 trucks at the al-Faisal terminal...
Will China Dump U.S. Debt?
The Chinese government, to which the United States is in debt approximately $1 trillion,...