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Oct 28, 20101 min read
U.S. Student Admits to Aiding al-Qaeda
On the day before his trial, U.S. student Syed Hashmi reached a deal with prosecutors and pled guilty to “conspiring to provide support”...
Oct 14, 20101 min read
Obama Offers Sober Assessment of Middle East Peace Prospects
After hosting an historic two-day nuclear summit, US President Barack Obama offered reporters a sober assessment of the likelihood of...
Apr 28, 20101 min read
India and Pakistan’s PMs to Meet at Summit
After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, India temporarily suspended all formal dialogue with Pakistan. Further straining the ties between the two...
Apr 14, 20101 min read
Pakistan Offers Nuclear Services to International Community
At the recent nuclear summit hosted by the Obama administration, Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Reza Gilani promoted an offer by Pakistan...
Apr 7, 20101 min read
Leaked Video Shows Killing of Journalist in Iraq
On Monday, Wikileaks.org released a video from 2007 revealing an unprovoked attack on a Reuters photographer and others by U.S. forces...
Apr 7, 20101 min read
U.S. Nuclear Policy Modified
The United States recently announced a revised nuclear policy which greatly implicates international affairs and national security. ...
Apr 2, 20101 min read
Lack of Cooperation Hinders Effort to Combat Piracy
More than 20 countries have joined anti-piracy patrols in the Indian Ocean in an effort to curb the often brazen acts of piracy that have...
Apr 2, 20101 min read
US – Iranian Relations Remain Heated by Rhetoric
Relations between the United States and Iran remain tense as recently leaked US intelligence reports indicate that Iran currently has...
Mar 24, 20101 min read
Office of Naval Intelligence Warns of al-Qaeda Threat
The Office of Naval Intelligence recently released a special advisory to those operating “within the maritime domain” in order to promote...
Mar 24, 20101 min read
Military Information Programs under Review
After reports surfaced that Defense Department official Michael D. Furlong had established a $24 million covert intelligence program...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Co-ordinated Suicide Bombings Kill at Least 33 in Diyala Provice
Officials have estimated that at least 33 people were killed and another 55 wounded in three coordinated suicide bombings in Iraq’s...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Arab League Endorses Indirect Talks Between Israel and Palestine
More than a year after discussions deteriorated, the Arab League has agreed to back indirect talks between Palestine and Israel. Arab...
Feb 24, 20101 min read
Zazi Plea Reaffirms Role of Criminal Justice System in “War on Terror”
On February 22, 2010 Najibullah Zazi, the key suspect in a plot to detonate explosives in New York City’s subway system, pleaded guilty...
Feb 24, 20101 min read
General McChrystal Reduces Civilian Deaths, Takes More Responsibility
A recent NATO airstrike has claimed the lives of 27 civilians, including woman and children. Immediately after reports surfaced that...
Feb 17, 20104 min read
An Offshore Trial Everyone Could Agree On
On November 13, 2009, Eric Holder’s Justice Department announced that the United States would try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed...
Feb 17, 20101 min read
North Korea Resumes Nuclear Disarmament Talks
A senior United Nations envoy travelled to Pyongyang last week in order to spur talks aimed at achieving a nuclear-free Korean peninsula....
Feb 17, 20101 min read
Russia to Build Military Base in Disputed Abkhazia Region
On Wednesday, February 17, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Abkhazia’s de facto leader Sergei Bagapsh signed a formal agreement...
Jan 21, 20101 min read
Pakistan, India Vital Partners in U.S. Approach to Combating Militants
United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Pakistan on January 21 to discuss anti-militant operations in South Asia. Gates...
Jan 21, 20101 min read
Yemen Increasing Security Measures in Response to Failed Bombing
After Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab failed to properly detonate a bomb on an airliner entering Detroit on Christmas day, Abuubaker al-Qirbi,...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
Suspected U.S. Drone Attack Kills at Least 18, Injures 14 in North Waziristan
On Thursday, January 14, two missiles from a suspected U.S. drone attack killed at least 18 and injured another 14 at a compound based in...
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