Abbas Visit Comes as US-Israeli Tensions Mount

U.S. President Barack Obama's first meeting on Thursday with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas was less remarkable for the actual talks between the two leaders than it was for the changed Washington political climate in which it took place. The...

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Friday: 1 US Soldier, 20 Iraqis Killed; 36 Iraqis Wounded

Updated at 6:45 p.m. EDT, May 29, 2009 In an unusually active prayer day, at least 20 Iraqis were killed and 36 more were wounded in attacks across central and northern Iraq; more wounded were reported in an attack in Safra. A U.S. soldier was killed in Ninewa province today as well, when gunmen lobbed a hand grenade at his patrol. Also, Bangladesh plans to reopen its Iraq embassy soon.
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Succumbing to the Dark Side

Torture is a violation of U.S. and international law. Yet George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, on the basis of legally incompetent memos prepared by Justice Department officials, gave the OK to interrogators to violate U.S. and international law. The new Obama...

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Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in West Bank

RAMALLAH - "I heard voices, I turned around to look, and saw a group of Israeli settlers assaulting my brother Hammad," says Abdallah Wahadin, 82, a Palestinian farmer from Beit Ummar near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. "Three of them surrounded...

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Iraq: 4 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded

Updated at 9:30 p.m. EDT, May 28, 2009 At least four Iraqis were killed and four were wounded in two reported attacks. Although other attacks occurred, they failed to produce more casualties. A number of other events, however, did make the newswires, including an air strike by Turkey on PKK targets.
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