Afghanistan: An Election Without Results
Everyone here is impatient to know the outcome of the much-discussed, controversial Afghan elections, but two months have passed and still no one has a clue about the real situation.
Everyone here is impatient to know the outcome of the much-discussed, controversial Afghan elections, but two months have passed and still no one has a clue about the real situation.
The Guardian | Robert Tait | Posted 10.18.2009 | World
Iran's Revolutionary Guards today vowed to take revenge after blaming Britain and the US for a suicide bombing that killed six of its commanders and 3...
The Hill | Roxana Tiron | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
The United States spends about $3.6 billion a month in Afghanistan, according to data provided by the Congressional Research Service. ...
Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
By counting on the Americans to protect them against a nuclear Iran, the French, the Saudis and the Israelis are avoiding assuming the responsibility for their own security.
Armond Cohen | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green
When it comes to green energy technology development, the United States and China are not just rivals; they are also natural allies and partners, with complementary strengths.
Bloomberg | By Rainer Buergin and Simon Kennedy | Posted 10.03.2009 | Business
Group of Seven finance chiefs said they will meet less and issue fewer statements as the G-20 becomes the main arena for setting global economic polic...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
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AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 11.26.2009 | World
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the U.S. to take action over a newly revealed Iranian nuclear facility in a phone co...
ABC News | George Stephanopoulos | Posted 11.25.2009 | World
President Ahmadinejad demanded an apology from the US for accusing Iran of violating international law with the secret uranium enrichment site discove...
AP | ABDUL-QADIR AL-SAADI | Posted 11.17.2009 | World
FALLUJAH, Iraq — American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flash point city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade a...
AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
Afghanistan designated it's first national park this year, Band-e-Amir. The 228-square-mile park is a group of six lakes situated high in the Hindu Ku...
AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday slapped punitive tariffs on all car and light truck tires entering the United States from China in...
The Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2009 | World
An air strike by U.S. fighter jets that appears to have killed Afghan civilians could turn into a major dispute for NATO allies Germany and the United...
Diane Francis | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
The transfer of power in Japan marks a desire on the part of many Japanese voters to move toward Asia and out from under the West's sphere of influence.
nytimes.com | MARTIN FACKLER | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
TOKYO -- Scrambling to mend fences with his country's biggest ally, Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, told the United States ambassador on Thursday...
AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
BERLIN — Germany and France on Monday reinforced a call for Iran to respond to concerns about its nuclear program in September or face tougher s...
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
The Palestinian Prime Minister told the press that he wanted the American president arriving in Palestine on Airforce One, to an international airport, and not just a small airstrip.
Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
Can you imagine yourself as a really, really old person? I'm talking really old, like 100 years or beyond? In fact it's not only possible you could ...
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.17.2009 | World
Yemen has mounted a tight security plan for the holy Moslem month of Ramadan starting this week in a bid to thwart any new terrorist attacks, the Yemen Times reported.
Frank Cooper III | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business
Americans remain an optimistic lot. Across all ages, races, sex, location and economic background, Americans are expressing a sense that their individual and collective action can and will move the world forward in a positive way.
New York Times | ROD NORDLAND and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | Posted 08.28.2009 | World
Commanders of the Multi-National Force-Iraq, as the American-led military coalition here is formally called, have a looming nomenclature problem....
Tamar Abrams | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
I vote to eliminate this antiquated requirement. Presidents should be chosen for their acumen and not for a word or two on a birth certificate.
AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 08.25.2009 | World
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has indicated its interest in holding direct talks with the United States, a news report said, after the two si...
Wall Street Journal | PETER SPIEGEL | Posted 08.25.2009 | World
Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview that Russia's economy is "withering," and suggested the trend will force the country to make accommodati...
Abdulhadi Hairan | Posted 10.19.2009 | World