AFP, Associated Press
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 07:37
A former defense contractor has been extradited from Iraq to the United States to face charges he tried to bribe US officials to secure lucrative government deals, authorities said Monday.
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 07:27
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday that would bar President Barack Obama from sending forces to Iraq in a “sustained combat role” without congressional approval. The bill is likely to have greater symbolic than legal effect.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:38
Yemeni security officials say two days of clashes between Shiite rebels and Islamist tribesmen in the country’s north have killed at least 35 fighters on both sides.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 06:18
Qatar plans to buy US Patriot missile batteries and Apache attack helicopters in an arms deal worth about $11 billion, senior Pentagon officials said Monday.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 08:09
The Israeli military said it downed a drone launched by Gaza militants on Monday.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:03
Bahraini authorities summoned two prominent opposition activists for questioning Wednesday in connection with their meeting with a U.S. diplomat who was ordered to leave the Gulf island nation this week.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 07:16
Recent defectors from the Lord's Resistance Army have denied seeing or communicating with Kony in the last few years, complicating the work of U.S.-backed Ugandan troops who are hunting down rebels in the e jungles of Central Africa.
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 09:48
Kuwait police fired tear gas and stun grenades Sunday in a busy historic market to disperse several thousand protesters calling for the release of an opposition activist and a purge of corrupt judges.
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 09:46
Clashes between Shiite rebels and tribesmen allied with the government have killed at least 35 people and wounded 40 others in some of the fiercest fighting to hit the country in months, a Yemeni security official said Sunday.
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 06:52
Four would-be members, including the former Soviet republic of Georgia, have been informed that admission to NATO isn't in the cards anytime soon.