The head of the Kurdistan Security Council, Masrour Barzani, accused Baghdad of keeping funds meant for the Kurdish region, while still subsidizing regions under militant control and paying salaries to unofficial militias. Baghdad claims that the Kurds have not contributed their fair share as promised in an oil agreement. The dispute could encourage the Kurds to withdraw from parliament.

The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram pledging allegiance, at least in theory, to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) should lead to a comparison of efforts in the Middle East and Western Africa regions to fight these threats. Boko Haram and ISIS are some of...

With Hillary Clinton scrambling to explain her missing emails, much of America is wailing, "Please don't make us watch this movie again!" Why, then, would the Republican Party, with a chance to sweep it all in 2016, want to return us to the nightmare days of George...

The American Empire has been long in the making. A green light was given in 1990 to finalize that goal. Dramatic events occurred that year that allowed the promoters of the American Empire to cheer. It also ushered in the current 25-year war to solidify the power...

At least 258 were killed and 53 were wounded in recent fighting, but cemetery officials at the world’s largest cemetery say they are receiving the bodies of dozens of war victims on a daily basis. That would not include any militant dead.

The letter to Iran masterminded by uber-hawk Sen. Tom Cotton and signed by 47 Republican Senators, including most surprisingly Rand Paul, has caused quite a stir. The letter basically states that any agreement the President makes will be subject to congressional...

Remember the brouhaha a few months ago when it was revealed that fighters of the Nusra Front, the al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, had seized territory adjacent to Israel? The "let's intervene in Syria" crowd was up in arms: this supposedly proved the absolute...

CIA Director John Brennan told TV host Charlie Rose on Friday that, on assuming office, President Barack Obama “did not have a good deal of experience” in intelligence-related matters, adding – with remarkable condescension – that now “he has gone to school and...

At least 184 were killed and 244 were wounded. Several more bodies were found in a mass grave near Kirkuk.

At least 53 people were killed and 31 were wounded in the latest violence. That includes 19 men discovered in a mass grave near Kirkuk.