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Former North Korea Captive Speaks in Silence
Robert Park, 43, a missionary who was held in North Korea for approximately three months before being released last February, has not...
Mar 19, 20101 min read
Arrests of Top Taliban Figures Ended Talks, Ex-Envoy Says
Kai Eide, a special representative for the United Nations, resigned last month following the breakdown of negotiations with the Taliban...
Mar 19, 20101 min read
US Faces Pressure Amid Peace Efforts with Palestine
US Vice President Joe Biden’s arrival in Israel to hold peace talks with the Palestinians was caught off-guard by Israel’s sudden...
Mar 15, 20102 min read
Part II: ICRC Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under Inter
This is the second part in a series of a weekly commentaries on the Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in...
Mar 12, 20102 min read
Man Responsible for Newark Airport Security Breach Pleads Guilty
On January 3, Haisong Jiang passed under a rope and entered the restricted boarding area at the Newark Liberty International airport to...
Mar 12, 20101 min read
Indonesian Military Training With US to Resume
The leaders of Indonesia’s controversial special forces division, known as Kopassus, were in Washington to meet with the Obama...
Mar 6, 20101 min read
Part I: ICRC Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under Inter
This will be the first part in a series of a weekly commentaries on the Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in...
Mar 5, 20101 min read
9/11 Trial Likely to Be Moved to Military Court
The Obama administration appears to be heavily weighing a decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the...
Mar 5, 20102 min read
Hoping Sanctions Work but Readying Gas Masks
After President Obama’s failed attempt to engage in talks with Iran last year, the United States and Israel have begun to work more...
Mar 5, 20101 min read
North Korea Holding Four South Koreans for Illegal Entry
North Korea has arrested four South Koreans on allegations that they entered the country illegally. These arrests come in the wake of...
Feb 26, 20101 min read
Turkey Detains More Military Officers
Turkish authorities have arrested 18 more active and retired military officials over an alleged plot to overthrow the pro-Islamic Turkish...
Feb 26, 20101 min read
Gaddafi Calls for Jihad Against Switzerland
At a ceremony marking the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, Lybian leader Gaddafi said “It is against unbelieving and apostate...
Feb 26, 20101 min read
Israeli Settlements Continue
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, plans were approved to build 600 new settler housing units in Occupied East Jerusalem near...
Feb 26, 20101 min read
Son of Hamas Founder Was a Spy for Israel
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Wednesday that Mosab Yousef, the 32-year-old son of Sheik Hassan Yousef, a Hamas founder serving a...
Feb 26, 20102 min read
Iran Reiterates That It "Does Not Believe in Nuclear Weapons" After IAEA Report
After the IAEA released a report on Thursday “expressing concern that the Islamic Republic may be aiming to develop a nuclear-armed...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Commander of Afghan Pro–Taliban Fighters Killed in Pakistani Drone Attack
Mohammed Haqqani, the brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani, was killed Friday in a drone attack in North Waziristan, along with several...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Iran Tops List of Countries Financing Terrorism
The Financial Action Task Force, an international watchdog group, issued a report on Thursday listing countries that have failed to stop...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Mossad Behind Assassination of Hamas Official, Says Dubai Police Chief
Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai’s police chief, said Thursday that there is a “99 percent” chance that the Mossad was behind the...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Two Chinese Schools Said to be Tied to Online Attacks
This week signaled a breakthrough in the National Security Agency’s investigation of the online attacks on Google and other servers. The...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Taliban Arrests in Pakistan Amid Talk of Policy Shift
Mullah Abdul Salam and Mullah Mir Muhammad, senior Afghan Taliban officials often called the “shadow governors” of two northern Afghan...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
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