Advocates of a noninterventionist foreign policy and the restoration of civil liberties in America haven’t had a reason to be optimistic in the past decade or so – but that is rapidly changing. On the foreign policy front, non-interventionism hasn’t had many champions...

At least 141 people were killed and 73 more were wounded as militants took over more border towns and crossings.

At least 251 people were killed across Iraq and another 39 were wounded in fresh violence. Bombing took place in Baghdad, but mostly the bloodshed was due to the ISIS/DAASH invasion. These numbers may be low. Several reports of deaths and injuries did not give actual figures. Two of the militant groups were fighting amongst themselves today.

Last week a Congressional hearing entitled "The Bergdahl Exchange: Implications for U.S. National Security and the Fight Against Terrorism" was convened to investigate circumstances surrounding the prisoner exchange of former Army Private Bowe Bergdahl and...

The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should now close its investigation of the issue of Iran’s development of high explosives detonators the IAEA has said may have been part of a covert...

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the highest Shi'ite cleric in Iraq, urged parliament to begin work on forming a new government that has broad support. In other words, selecting a premier that would be acceptable to all of Iraq's factions, which can't be said of...

"Successful diplomacy requires a measure of mutual accommodation," were the words of former NATO official Michael Stopford at the 31st US-Russia World Forum in Washington, DC this week. Shrilly denounced as "Putin apologists," the participants in...

President Obama’s announcement that the US is sending 300 "advisors" back to Iraq to stave off the rising Sunni insurgency was couched in assurances that "American forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq" – but who really believes that? A...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. As Iraq was unraveling last week and the possible outlines of the first jihadist state in modern history were coming into view, I remembered this nugget from the summer of 2002. At the time, journalist Ron Suskind had a meeting with...

At least 151 people were killed in violence today. Also, at the very least 22 people were reported wounded, but so were “dozens” of militants.