A coalition of 11 U.S., Israeli and Palestinian groups are calling on the New York Mets baseball team to cancel a fundraiser by the "violent and racist" Israeli Hebron Fund which is scheduled to be held at the Mets' stadium, Citi Field, on Nov. 21. The...
Washington Stresses Urgency of Honduran Unity Government
In a renewed effort to save a U.S.-sponsored accord to resolve the five-month-old political crisis in Honduras, the U.S. State Department Friday called on both sides to create a government of national unity "without delay" and on the Honduran Congress to...
Saturday: 4 Iraqis Killed, 7 Wounded
Why the Afghan Surge Will Fail
Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan
U.S. Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother, is being threatened with a military court-martial if she does not agree to deploy to Afghanistan, despite having been told she would be granted extra time to find someone to care for her 11-month-old son while...
Friday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 9 Wounded
Welcome Home, War!
Rendition Redux?
On the heels of a federal appeals court ruling that only the U.S. Congress and the executive branch of government -- not the courts -- can interfere with government-sponsored "extraordinary rendition," a U.S. citizen from New Jersey is asking another court...
Obama’s International Political Capital Fading Fast
More than a year after his election, President Barack Obama appears to be dashing hopes both in the Arab world and in Latin America that he would bring major changes in U.S. policy toward their respective regions. His administration's decision to back down from its...
Getting Out With Grace
PARIS -- There are two tried and disproved methods for dealing with insurrection in a non-Western country. The third and reliable method is not to go there in the first place. The fourth is get out with such grace as is possible, as rapidly as possible. President...