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Egyptians head to the polls in landmark election Updated: Wed, May 23, 2012 CAIRO — After a lifetime of being told who will rule them, Egyptians dove enthusiastically into the uncertainty of the Arab world's first competitive presidential race Wednesday, wrestling with a polarizing choice between secularists rooted in Hosni Mubarak's old autocracy and Islamists hoping to infuse the state... Read More
Lower oil prices ease load on consumers in U.S. Published: Thu, May 17, 2012 Oil and gasoline prices are sinking, giving relief to businesses and consumers who a few weeks ago seemed about to face the highest fuel prices ever. Read More
David Ignatius: A compelling plan for Iranian talks Published: Sun, May 13, 2012 WASHINGTON — Let's assume the signals from the White House and Tehran are reliable, and that Iran is serious about an agreement to remove its existing stockpile of 20 percent-enriched uranium from the country and stop producing more. What happens then? This question of “next steps” in the Iran nuclear talks... Read More
Charles Krauthammer: Echoes of 1967 -- Israel unites Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 WASHINGTON — In May 1967, in brazen violation of previous truce agreements, Egypt ordered U.N. peacekeepers out of Sinai, marched 120,000 troops to the Israeli border, blockaded Eilat (Israel's southern outlet to the world's oceans), abruptly signed a military pact with Jordan and, together with Syria, pledged... Read More
Twin suicide car bombs fatal for dozens in Syria Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 DAMASCUS, Syria — Twin suicide car bombs exploded outside a military intelligence building and killed 55 people Thursday, tossing mangled bodies in the street in the deadliest attack against a regime target since the Syrian uprising began 14 months ago. The bombings fueled fears of a rising Islamic militant... Read More
Obama in Afghanistan, sees ‘light of a new day” Published: Tue, May 1, 2012 BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — On a swift, secretive trip to the war zone, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night that after years of sacrifice the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan is winding down just as it has already ended in Iraq. “We can see the light of a new day on the horizon,” he said on... Read More
Obama in Afghanistan to sign security pact Updated: Tue, May 1, 2012 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Under intense security and the cover of night, President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan on Tuesday to sign an agreement cementing a U.S. commitment to the nation after the long and unpopular war comes to an end. Obama was to be on the ground for about seven hours in Afghanistan,... Read More
Text of Obama's State of the Union address Updated: Tue, Jan 24, 2012 Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests and fellow Americans: Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens... Read More
Panetta blasts video of Marines urinating on dead Updated: Thu, Jan 12, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta phoned Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Thursday and promised full investigation of a video that purports to depict four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters - a video both men condemned as deplorable. In a separate public statement,... Read More
Iraq decision delay threatens smooth withdrawal Published: Tue, Aug 2, 2011 Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that American and Iraqi operations over the last several weeks have tamped down a recent surge in Iranian-backed violence there. And his top commander in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd Austin said the Iraqis are more aggressively pushing back both militarily and... Read More
Sources: 10,000 U.S. troops on offer for Iraq Published: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 The White House has worked out options to keep between 8,500 and 10,000 active-duty troops to continue training Iraqi security forces during 2012, according to senior Obama administration and U.S. military officials in interviews with The Associated Press. The figures also were noted by foreign diplomats in Baghdad... Read More
Transcript of President Obama's speech Updated: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 The text of President Barack Obama speech Wednesday night on Afghanistan, as provided by the White House: ___ Good evening. Nearly 10 years ago, America suffered the worst attack on our shores since Pearl Harbor. This mass murder was planned by Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida network in Afghanistan, and... Read More
Suicide bomber in northern Iraqi city kills 7 Updated: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up near an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul, killing seven people. Police and medical officials say 16 people were injured. Four of the dead were Iraqi soldiers. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were... Read More
Syrian protesters defy Assad government; 42 killed Updated: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of defiant Syrians chanting "We are not afraid!" were met by security forces firing bullets and tear gas Friday in a crackdown on nationwide protests that left 42 people dead — many of them villagers trying to break an army blockade of the southern city where the six-week uprising began.... Read More
Dozens killed in bloodiest day of Syria uprising Updated: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian security forces fired bullets and tear gas Friday at tens of thousands of protesters across the country, killing at least 75 people in the bloodiest day of the monthlong uprising and signaling that the authoritarian regime was prepared to turn more ruthless to put down the revolt against... Read More
Syria's Assad says govt to lift emergency law Updated: Sat, Apr 16, 2011 BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's president said Saturday he expects state of emergency laws that have been in effect for nearly 50 years to be lifted by next week at the latest, a key demand by a monthlong protest movement that has posed the most serious challenge to the authoritarian regime. In his second public... Read More
Army: Gaza militants fire 2 rockets into Israel Updated: Sat, Mar 26, 2011 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's army said Gaza militants fired two rockets into southern Israel early Saturday, capping a week of intensified Palestinian rocket and mortar launches from the Hamas-run coastal territory and Israeli retaliations. No one was injured in the attacks but one rocket damaged a house, an... Read More
Egypt's Mubarak transfers power to vice president Published: Thu, Feb 10, 2011 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he is handing his powers over to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, and ordered constitutional amendments Thursday. But the move means he retains his title of president and ensures regime control over the reform process, falling short of protester demands.... Read More
Leadership of Egypt's ruling party resigns Updated: Sun, Feb 6, 2011 CAIRO (AP) — State TV says the top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party, including the president's son Gamal Mubarak and the party secretary-general Safwat el-Sharif, resigned Saturday in a new gesture apparently aimed at convincing anti-government protesters that the regime is serious about reform.... Read More
Egypt's Mubarak says won't run for new term Published: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he will not run for a new term in office in September elections, but rejected demands that he step down immediately and leave the country, vowing to die on Egypt's soil, in a television address Tuesday after a dramatic day in which a quarter-million protesters... Read More
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