US lawmakers delay Libya vote
© AFP Gianluigi Guercia AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The House of Representatives delayed a vote Wednesday on a resolution calling for the end of US…
Middle East
Dempsey urges response to Arab Spring
© AFP Carl Court AFP LONDON (AFP) – The man named by President Barack Obama to be the top US military officer said Wednesday that…
George Galloway: Hands off Libya (Video)
YouTube “Now, the King of Qatar has appointed himself the oil minister of liberated Libya, and has been given the job in London two days…
Fighting grips Yemeni capital as Saleh orders arrests
An man injured from fighting in the north Sanaa © AFP AFP SANAA (AFP) – Security forces in the Yemeni capital battled heavily armed supporters…
Netanyahu stands firm on peace with Palestinians
Benjamin Netanyahu © AFP Saul Loeb AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu told US lawmakers he would uproot settlements in a “generous” peace deal with…
US senators introduce Iran sanctions bill
The Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant © AFP/MEHR NEWS/File Majid Asgaripour AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – A nuclear-armed Iran would be a nightmare scenario marking the…
Libyan rebels to open office in US: top official
Feltman is in Benghazi © AFP Saeed Khan AFP BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) – Libya’s rebels have accepted an invitation to open a representative office in…
Complex But Clear US Foreign Policies
Wiki Image Jack D. Douglas LewRockwell I’ve heard Congress people and others say repeatedly that the U.S. has no real or clear foreign policy for…
Obama stands by vision for Mideast peace
An Israeli protester © AFP David Buimovitch AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama stood his ground to defend his vision of an Israel-Palestinian…
Many in US-Israel lobby wary of Obama peace push
© AFP/File Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Thousands of pro-Israel delegates packed the AIPAC conference here Sunday, and while they back strong US-Israel ties…
Obama vows to stand up to Hezbollah over ‘assassination’
Barack Obama © AFP Mandel Ngan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama pledged Sunday that the United States will stand up to the…
Obama vows pressure on Iran’s nuclear plans
Barack Obama addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference © AFP Mandel Ngan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama vowed Sunday…
Netanyahu lectures Obama in Oval Office
Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would never return to its 1967 borders © AFP Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has warned…
Syria ‘acute concern’ for US, Israel: Obama
Syrian soldiers © AFP Joseph Eid AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday that Syria was of “acute concern” for the United States…