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Mar 19, 20101 min read

Former North Korea Captive Speaks in Silence

Robert Park, 43, a missionary who was held in North Korea for approximately three months before being released last February, has not...

Mar 19, 20101 min read

Arrests of Top Taliban Figures Ended Talks, Ex-Envoy Says

Kai Eide, a special representative for the United Nations, resigned last month following the breakdown of negotiations with the Taliban...

Mar 15, 20102 min read

US Faces Pressure Amid Peace Efforts with Palestine

US Vice President Joe Biden’s arrival in Israel to hold peace talks with the Palestinians was caught off-guard by Israel’s sudden...

Mar 12, 20102 min read

Part II: ICRC Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under Inter

This is the second part in a series of a weekly commentaries on the Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in...

Mar 12, 20101 min read

Man Responsible for Newark Airport Security Breach Pleads Guilty

On January 3, Haisong Jiang passed under a rope and entered the restricted boarding area at the Newark Liberty International airport to...

Mar 6, 20101 min read

Indonesian Military Training With US to Resume

The leaders of Indonesia’s controversial special forces division, known as Kopassus, were in Washington to meet with the Obama...

Mar 5, 20101 min read

Part I: ICRC Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under Inter

This will be the first part in a series of a weekly commentaries on the Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in...

Mar 5, 20102 min read

9/11 Trial Likely to Be Moved to Military Court

The Obama administration appears to be heavily weighing a decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the...

Mar 5, 20101 min read

Hoping Sanctions Work but Readying Gas Masks

After President Obama’s failed attempt to engage in talks with Iran last year, the United States and Israel have begun to work more...

Feb 26, 20101 min read

North Korea Holding Four South Koreans for Illegal Entry

North Korea has arrested four South Koreans on allegations that they entered the country illegally. These arrests come in the wake of...

Feb 26, 20101 min read

Turkey Detains More Military Officers

Turkish authorities have arrested 18 more active and retired military officials over an alleged plot to overthrow the pro-Islamic Turkish...

Feb 26, 20101 min read

Gaddafi Calls for Jihad Against Switzerland

At a ceremony marking the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, Lybian leader Gaddafi said “It is against unbelieving and apostate...

Feb 26, 20101 min read

Israeli Settlements Continue

According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, plans were approved to build 600 new settler housing units in Occupied East Jerusalem near...

Feb 26, 20102 min read

Son of Hamas Founder Was a Spy for Israel

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Wednesday that Mosab Yousef, the 32-year-old son of Sheik Hassan Yousef, a Hamas founder serving a...

Feb 19, 20101 min read

Iran Reiterates That It "Does Not Believe in Nuclear Weapons" After IAEA Report

After the IAEA released a report on Thursday “expressing concern that the Islamic Republic may be aiming to develop a nuclear-armed...

Feb 19, 20101 min read

Commander of Afghan Pro–Taliban Fighters Killed in Pakistani Drone Attack

Mohammed Haqqani, the brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani, was killed Friday in a drone attack in North Waziristan, along with several...

Feb 19, 20101 min read

Iran Tops List of Countries Financing Terrorism

The Financial Action Task Force, an international watchdog group, issued a report on Thursday listing countries that have failed to stop...

Feb 19, 20101 min read

Mossad Behind Assassination of Hamas Official, Says Dubai Police Chief

Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai’s police chief, said Thursday that there is a “99 percent” chance that the Mossad was behind the...

Feb 19, 20101 min read

Two Chinese Schools Said to be Tied to Online Attacks

This week signaled a breakthrough in the National Security Agency’s investigation of the online attacks on Google and other servers. The...

Feb 19, 20101 min read

Taliban Arrests in Pakistan Amid Talk of Policy Shift

Mullah Abdul Salam and Mullah Mir Muhammad, senior Afghan Taliban officials often called the “shadow governors” of two northern Afghan...