Highlights
 
Israel Rejects Quartet Call for Settlement Halt    UN Asked to Probe CIA Rendition     Bagram Detainees Treated 'Worse Than Animals'    Freeh Became 'Defense Lawyer' for Saudis on Khobar Attack    Iran and America: the Spirit of 1908    As Bombings Continue, Obama Lauds Dramatic Improvements in Iraq    US, Russia to Sign Military Pact    Rumors and Theories Swirl Around Protests    Obama Signs War Funding Bill    Obama Aides: Waziristan Offensive 'Key' for Pakistan    Obama: Iran Violence May Endanger Direct Talks    Official: US Won't Forcibly Board North Korean Ship    Elite Iraqi Troops in Forefront After US Pullback    Was the 'Good War' Unnecessary?    Iran Crisis Ripples Outward    General: US Troops to 'Encircle' Iraqi Cities    White House Drafts Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detentions    Misreading the Protests in Tehran    Spiraling Violence Claims Hundreds of Lives in Somalia    Iran Election Violence 'Outrageous,' Says Obama    Harsh Sermon May Signal Bigger Crackdown on Iranian Opposition    China 'Deeply Committed' to North Korea Sanctions: US Official    New Bomb Blasts at Baghdad Market Kills 20, Wounds 50    Is Barack Obama's Realism Better than George W. Bush's Idealism?    Pakistani and North Korean Stockpiles    Harman Comes Out Swinging Once More in Israel Wiretap Flap    India Says Ties With Pakistan Under 'Stress'    Iranian Envoy: CIA May Have Killed Neda    Why South Waziristan Has Long Posed Challenge to Pakistan's Government    Obama Must Call Off This Folly Before Afghanistan Becomes His Vietnam    Rep. Tauscher New US Arms Control Chief    US Wants to Delay Release of CIA Report    Interrogation Enhanced    NATO Gains Weight    Mousavi Backs Away From Protests; Cleric Calls for Executions    The Fierce Urgency of a Settlement Freeze    Iran Divided and the 'October Suprise'    
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News
Updated June 27, 2009 - 11:25 PM EDT
General: US Troops to ‘Encircle’ Iraqi Cities
 
  New Bomb Blasts at Baghdad Market Kills 20, Wounds 50
  As Bombings Continue, Obama Lauds Dramatic Improvements in Iraq
Obama: Iran Violence May Endanger Direct Talks
 
  Obama Moves to Fund Iranian Dissidents
  Iranian Council Offers Moussavi Deal to Settle Dispute
  Harsh Sermon May Signal Bigger Crackdown on Iranian Opposition
  Iranian Envoy: CIA May Have Killed Neda
US Gives Up on Eradicating Afghanistan's Opium
 
  Bagram Detainees Treated 'Worse Than Animals'
White House Denies 'Indefinite' Detention Report
 
  Obama Signs War Funding Bill
  Freeh Became 'Defense Lawyer' for Saudis on Khobar Attack
Obama Aides Caution Waziristan Battle 'Key'
 
  South Waziristan Has Long Posed Challenge to Pakistan's Govt
Official: US Won’t Forcibly Board N. Korean Ship
US, Russia to Sign Military Pact: General
Israel Rejects Quartet Pressure on Settlements
Viewpoints
Pakistani and North Korean Stockpiles  by Gordon Prather
The Fierce Urgency of a Settlement Freeze  by Larry Derfner
Obama Must Call Off This Folly Before Afghanistan Becomes His Vietnam  by Simon Jenkins
Interrogation Enhanced  by Matthew Alexander
NATO Gains Weight  by Doug Bandow
Iran Divided and the 'October Suprise'  by Robert Parry

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Frontline
Rep. Tauscher New US Arms Control Chief
Harman Comes Out Swinging Once More in Israel Wiretap Flap
US Wants to Delay Release of CIA Report
Iran Crisis Ripples Outward
Authoritarian Regimes Censor News From Iran
UN Asked to Probe CIA Rendition
Obama: Not Enough Political Progress in Iraq
US Lawmaker: Guantánamo Reforms in Defense Budget
 
Pakistan
20 Taliban Killed in South Waziristan
US Buildings, Envoys in Pakistan Under Threat
Pakistan Army's Challenge: Holding Onto Gains Against Militants
Pakistani Violence Spreads to Kashmir
India
India Says Ties With Pakistan Under 'Stress'
Police Fire at Demonstrators in Indian Kashmir
India, Pakistan Ministers Discuss Anti-Terrorism Fight
Koreas
China 'Deeply Committed' to North Korea Sanctions: US Official
China Trade Helps Shield North Korea From Effects of Sanctions
US Interagency Team to Focus on Sanctions Against North Korea
South Korea to Set Up International Peacekeeping Force: Military
South Korea to Set Up Cyber Warfare Command: Official
Asia
Bomb Attacks Kill Four Afghan Civilians
Dark Tales of Tamil Ex-Child Soldiers
Diplomat Says US to Consider F-16 Sale to Taiwan
Somalia
Spiraling Violence Claims Hundreds of Lives in Somalia
US Military Help for Somalia Is Under $10 Million
Kenya VP Rules Out Sending Military to Mogadishu
Somalis Create World's Largest Refugee Camp
Nigeria
Nigerian Rebels Claim New Oil Attack Despite Offer
Nigeria Militants Want Amnesty Talks With President
Africa
UN: 1,200 Congolese Killed by Ugandan Rebels in 09
Former Rwandan Foreign Minister Clear of Genocide Charges
Weekend Reviews
Was the 'Good War' Unnecessary?
Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
Jeff McMahan's Killing in War
A World Apart?: The White House and the Middle East
 
Iraq
US Troop Pullback to Test New US-Iraq Relationship
Obama: Iraq Still 'Positive' Despite Attacks
Nineveh Police Accused of Assualting Judges
'Great Place to Live': US Troops Exit Sadr City
Major Oil Companies Take an Unusual Gamble in Iraq
A Chinese Lesson in Iraqi Oil Exploration
Friday: 2 US Soldiers, 22 Iraqis Killed; 54 Iraqis Wounded
Iran
Mousavi Backs Away From Protests; Cleric Calls for Executions
Iran Election Violence 'Outrageous,' Says Obama
Obama Scoffs at Ahmadinejad's Demand for Apology
Authorities Rule Iran Election 'Healthy'
Rumors and Theories Swirl Around Protests
Iranians Mourn Slain Woman as Power Struggle Continues
Group: Dozens of Journalists Among Jailed in Iran
Protesters Break Into Iranian Embassy in Sweden
Iran: New Audience for US Scholar's Protest Guide
American's How-To Guide to Toppling Dictatorships
Palestine/Israel
Israel Plays Down Reports of Imminent Gaza Deal
G8 to Israel: End Settlements, Open Borders
Mideast Quartet Urges Israel to Halt Settlements
Palestinian Killed in Gaza Tunnel Collapse
Gaza Industries Struggle to Rebuild
Redefining the Holy City's Past
Blair: Netanyahu Election Could Be a Blessing
Middle East
Hariri and Nasrallah Meet to Forge Unity Ahead of Cabinet Selection
Egypt to Reopen Crossing to Gaza
Turkey's Military Says Plot Report Is Smear Campaign
Europe
Spain Reins in Crusading Judges
Top US Officer Hopes for Better Ties With Russia
Bulgarian Court Frees Former Kosovo Leader
It's 20 Years Since Reunification but Is Germany Still Divided?
Honduras
Honduras Heads Toward Crisis Over Referendum
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
6/26/2009
Iran: It's All About US

Ivan Eland
6/27/2009
Is Barack Obama's Realism Better than George W. Bush's Idealism?

Kelley B. Vlahos
6/26/2009
The Cost of Betraying Our Sunni 'Sons'

Philip Giraldi
6/25/2009
Stay Out of Iran's Evolutionary Process

Charles V. Peña
6/24/2009
The Trouble With Nuclear Abolition

Alan Bock
6/22/2009
Chest-Thumping Interventionists

Nebojsa Malic
6/17/2009
The Enigmatic Proconsul

David R. Henderson
6/08/2009
Obama's Baby Steps

Edouard Husson
5/22/2009
The Virtues of Gorbachevism

Ran HaCohen
2/18/2009
Abe Foxman's 'Anti-Semitic Pandemic'
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