U.S. President Barack Obama is consulting with top military officials Friday as he considers whether to send additional forces to Afghanistan.Mr. Obama will meet at the White House with the Joint Chiefs of Staff -…
By Kane FarabaughAccused al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali al-Marri has been sentenced to more than eight years in a civilian prison. The Qatar native was labeled an "enemy combatant and held for years in isolation at…
As the debate intensifies over a proposed U.S. troop buildup in Afghanistan, the U.S. Ambassador in Kabul says the strategy goes far beyond military operations against Taliban extremists.Ambassador Karl Eikenberry said the United States and…
Iranian state media say the government has presented its response to a United Nations-brokered nuclear fuel deal.The state-owned Al-Aram television station said an envoy delivered the response Thursday to the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency,…
Militants in Afghanistan have killed at least six foreign U.N. workers and three Afghans during an attack on an international guesthouse in the capital, Kabul. One American is among those dead.Local officials said three gunmen…
By Margaret BesheerThe U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings says the use of armed unmanned aircraft by the United States to hunt down terrorists could be a violation of international law. Philip Alston said Tuesday…
By Edward YeranianAn Iraqi branch of al Qaida, which goes by the name of the Islamic State of Iraq, is claiming responsibility for Sunday's back-to-back suicide bombings in Baghdad that killed more than 150 people.…
The human rights group Amnesty International has issued a critical report charging that Israel prevents Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip from receiving adequate water supplies.The report, issued Tuesday, says Israel is…
Myroslava Gongadze, the host of Voice of America's (VOA) Ukrainian daily Chas-Time TV program, has been named one of the “100 most influential women of Ukraine” in an annual list compiled by the Ukrainian news…
By Kent Klein President Barack Obama speaks at Metropolitan Archives facility, in Landover, Maryland, 21 Oct 200 U.S. President Barack Obama is announcing plans to make more credit available to America's small businesses. The president is…
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