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Updated May 31, 2014 - 11:02 PM EDT
Taliban Frees US POW in Trade for Detainees
Was Iranian Threat Fabricated by Israel and US?
 
  Israel Eavesdropped on President Clinton's Diplomatic Phone Calls
Russia FM: US Must Stop Ukraine Invasion of East
 
  US Confirms Russia Moves Most Troops From Ukraine Border
  Upbeat Ukraine Claims Much of Separatist Region 'Cleared'
  Russia Arrests Ukraine Ultra-Nationalists Over Crimea Bomb Plot
  Calm But Tense: Situation in East Ukraine's Donetsk Mixed
How the VA Developed Its Culture of Coverups
 
  Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki Resigns
Torture in 2014: Stories of Modern Horror
Al-Qaeda Kidnaps Nearly 200 Kurds from North Syria
Libya General Says Pro-Coup Rallies Give Him 'Mandate'
Kerry: Israeli Hostility to Palestinian Unity 'Appropriate'
US Military's Satellite Launches Depend on Russia's Rockets
Viewpoints
Snowden Would Not Get a Fair Trial – and Kerry Is Wrong  by Daniel Ellsberg
Trivial Dispute: Obama Versus the Interventionists  by Sheldon Richman
Haftar Leads a Coup: A General's Odd War on Muslim Brotherhood  by Ramzy Baroud
Ukraine: New President, Old Violence  by Vladimir Golstein
Baiting Dragons, Bears, and Lions  by Philip Giraldi
Obama's Foolish Foreign Policy: Doing Too Much and Doing It Badly  by Doug Bandow

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Guatemalan Town Registers, Expels Jews
Kerry Excused From Benghazi Testimony by House Committee Chair
Afghanistan 2016 Withdrawal Keeps Secret Bagram Detainees in Limbo
 
Ukraine/Russia
Ukraine Makes Part Payment on Russian Gas Debt
Russian Translator Killed in Ukraine Mourned
West Has Little Chance of Curbing Putin Ukraine Intervention: Czech FM
Europe
Lithuania Accuses Russia of Harassing Ships in Baltic Sea
Formal Countdown Begins for Scottish Vote That Could Break Up United Kingdom
Bomb Explodes in Northern Ireland Hotel, No Casualties
Migration Surge Hits EU as Thousands Flock to Italy
Spain Arrests Militant Suspects in Melilla
Merkel Faces German Backlash for Ignoring Voters on EU Top Job
Hundreds Jeer as Poland's Last Communist Leader Laid to Rest
Thailand
Thailand Elections Not for a Year, Says Coup Leader
Option B: the Blueprint for Thailand's Coup
Stumbling Thai Economy Lends Urgency to Junta's Revival Efforts
After Coup, Thai Economists Quick to Raise Growth Outlook
Thai Junta to Set Up Reconciliation Centers Across Country
Pakistan
Pakistani Police Investigated for Being 'Silent Spectators' in Woman's Stoning Death
Husband of Woman Beaten, Shot to Death in Pakistan Killed First Wife
China/Japan
In Dig at China, Japan PM Says Supports SE Asia on Freedom of Sea, Air
Shangri-La Dialogue: Japan PM Abe Urges Security Role
US Concerned Over China Blogger Who Met Kerry
China Decries Call in US to Name Street After Jailed Tiananmen Dissident
Asia
Chinese, Filipino Kidnapped in Malaysia Rescued
North Korea Sentences South Korean to Life of Hard Labor for Spying
The War at Home
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Calls It Quits
4th Person Indicted Over Boston Bombing Probe
Police Say Kyrgyz Man Lied to Boston Bombing Investigators
Weekend Reviews
Glenn Greenwald Invokes Frank Church
Judge Napolitano Reviews No Place To Hide
Glenn Greenwald's Compelling Account of NSA/GCHQ Surveillance
A Documentary With a Cathartic Difference About the Palestinian Nakba
The Battle for Justice in Palestine
 
Syria
'Almost 2,000' Killed by Syria Barrel Bombs in 2014
New Refugee Camp in Jordan Tries to Create a Community for Syrians
In Damascus, Reminders of Lurking War on the Dinner Table
Iraq
Scattered Attacks Across Iraq Leave 26 Killed and 32 Wounded
Tanker With Piped Iraqi Kurdish Oil U-Turns Away From US
Iraqi Kurds' Oil Sale Widens Split With Baghdad
Israel/Palestine
Israel Warns It Will Hold Abbas Accountable for Hamas
Obama, Kerry Say They Haven't Given Up on Peace Process
Israeli Force Apprehends Palestinian Wearing Suicide Belt in West Bank
Turkey
Germany Calls in Envoy to Turkey Over Erdogan Remarks
Erdogan Urges Young to Ignore Taksim Protest Anniversary
Yemen
Clashes Between Rebels, Tribesmen Kill 12 in Yemen
Egypt
Egypt's Sabahi Contests Presidential Elections Results
Female Al-Jazeera Journalist Is Arrested in Egypt
Egypt Revokes 52 Morsi-Era Pardons: State Media
Morocco
Morocco Jails 'Jihadists' for Up to 20 Years
Morocco King in Tunis for First Visit Since 2011 Uprising
Nigeria/Cameroon
Cameroon Weakest Link in Fight Against Boko Haram: Nigeria
Despite Joint Search for Missing Girls, Nigeria and United States Are Wary Partners
Central African Republic
Central African Republic Clashes Leave Two Protesters Dead in Bangui
Central African Republic Leader Denounces Plot
Somalia
One Dead in Mogadishu Bombing
UN Experts Wary of Somaliland Plan for Armed Oil Protection Unit
Canadian Convicted of Trying to Join Somalia Terror Group
Africa
Two Aid Workers Killed in Mali Landmine Blast
Hundreds Protest in Sudan at Opposition Leader Mahdi's Arrest
Protesters, Police Clash as Malawi Awaits Election Results
100 Rebels Turn in Weapons in Eastern Congo
South Sudan Rebel Leader Says 'Committed to Peace'
Rwandan Rebels Begin Surrender, but Demand Talks With Kigali
Americas
Venezuela Leader Praises US Rejection of Sanctions
6 US Men Detained in Honduras for Weeks
Colombia Presidential Candidate Drops Threat to End FARC Talks
 
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5/30/2014
Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Dilemma

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5/29/2014
Our Pathological Fear of Cutting Federal Budgets and Agencies

Ivan Eland
5/28/2014
US Alliances Lead Asian Allies to Be More Antagonistic Toward China

Nebojsa Malic
5/23/2014
Deluge in Serbia and Bosnia

David R. Henderson
4/28/2014
An Economist’s Case for a Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy

Philip Giraldi
4/01/2014
Targeting Iran

Kelley B. Vlahos
3/11/2014
Brother Karzai Leaves Election, Joins Another Ticket

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3/04/2013
Purim and Genocidal Phantasies

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