At least 40 people were killed and 115 more were wounded in the today’s attacks. The Iraqi government also reported the deaths of 38 suspects during a recent security operation in Anbar province. Meanwhile, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari vowed that the government would work to keep Iraq from sinking back into a full-blown sectarian war.

1. The First Coming of G.I. Joe It was 1964, and in Vietnam thousands of American “advisers” were already offering up their know-how from helicopter seats or gun sights. The United States was just a year short of sending its first large contingent of...

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been going around the world as well as regularly appearing on American television telling everyone who might be inclined to listen that "The [Iranian] president was replaced but the goal of the regime remains...

At least 35 people were killed and 35 more were wounded in today’s attacks.

With the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, the United States should take a more flexible approach toward Tehran to increase the chances of a successful resolution of the latter’s nuclear programme, according to a new report by the Brussels-based...

It’s a small detail, in the general scheme of things, but one indicative of a troubling recent trend: when Congress voted on reauthorization of the Patriot Act, in 2011, the administration sent summaries [.pdf] to the House intelligence committee describing – without...

For air travelers tired of the ever-worsening burden of airport security, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is widening to all U.S. citizens the eligibility of its prescreening process, called PreCheck. Americans, who recently have had their phone...

Various attacks left at least 34 dead and 40 wounded across Iraq today. The violence even touched Iraqi Kurdistan when mortars fell on a home. Five people were killed and 14 more were wounded when a car bomb blasted worshippers exiting a Shi'ite mosque in Madaen....

Brad Pitt’s most successful box office film to date is about a man’s race against time to save the world from zombies. He does this by putting together clues or "crumbs" left behind to puzzle together how the planet was overrun by the undead, and what he has...

At least 45 people were killed and 127 more were wounded. The most significant attack took place in northern Iraq.