As the Obama administration weighs sending more troops into Afghanistan to fight the Taliban, a senior U.S. official has made his thoughts on the U.S. policy in that country known. Matthew Hoh, a key U.S. official in Afghanistan has resigned in protest over U.S. policy in the war-torn country.

Due to their decision to release a graphic photo of a dying Marine, the Associated Press (AP) has come under fire. Many including the Defense Secretary Robert Gates have criticized the AP for them releasing the image that has since been known as the Lance Cpl. Joshua "Bernie" Bernard dying photo.

What fun! As Bush's presidency winds down, it appears some have decided they'd better let him know just what they think of him before they lose their chance. In this case, with a pair of shoes.

Looking to the future and planning to do the right thing is life and death. Yet we live in a country that does neither. On Friday, the other shoe fell off the cliff as Bush and his minions sneakily announced that Fannie Mae's investors are now getting $0.00 on their savings. All this money is being eliminated in order to 'save' US house buyers and bankers who did very, very foolish, stupid things when the sun was shining.

"It's time to update our national security strategy to stay one step ahead of the terrorists. America cannot afford another president who doesn't understand the threats that confront us now and in the future." Obama said

The leader of the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah says he is ready for "open war" on Israel, following the assassination of a top Hezbollah commander wanted for deadly attacks against Western and Israeli targets.

The final report of the Winograd Commissionon on the inconclusive 2006 war against Hezbollah guerrillas blamed the military and the Govt. for failing to protect Israel from 4,000 Hezbollah rockets and faulted decision-making.

YEREVAN (Combined Sources)--International mediators claimed on Thursday to have made further progress towards the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict but indicated that no Armenian-Azeri peace accords will be signed before Armenia's forthcoming presidential election, as the Azeri president threatened war again.

An Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. colleagues last week, killing two American troops. The incident happend when U.S. and Iraqi troops were doing a joint patrol.

Azerbaijan and Armenia should halt their dangerous arms race and restrain their belligerent rhetoric and instead renew efforts to find a negotiated settlement for the Nagorno Karabakh region, says a report issued by the International Crisis Group.

US interrogators have claimed that they are under pressure to find incriminating evidence against Iran when they interview Iraqi insurgents, The Observer reported yesterday.

Millions of people in the United Kingdom, Canada and many other Commonwealth countries observed two minutes silence in memory of the millions who died fighting for their countries during the First World War which ended exactly 89 years ago today.