Washington (dpa) – US Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales was charged Friday with 17 counts of murder in the March 11 killings of Afghan civilians.
Bales could face the death penalty for 17 counts of murder with premeditation, along with six counts (...)
Washington (dpa) – The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians has been identified by several US media organizations as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, 38.
The man's identity had been withheld by officials as they worked to fly him out of (...)
Washington (dpa) – The maker of a film about a Ugandan warlord that has attracted millions of viewers on YouTube was detained for disorderly conduct in public, a California television station reported Friday.
NBC San Diego said Jason Russell, a (...)
Washington (dpa) – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday said she hoped Russia's meeting with the Arab League over the coming weekend would help bring Moscow on board over the Syria conflict.
Calling efforts with Russia (...)
Washington (dpa) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared diplomacy and sanctions have not worked in stopping Iran's nuclear program and warned of the costs of waiting any longer to definitively end its alleged efforts to develop nuclear (...)
Washington (dpa) – Turkey and the United States sent a clear message that the Arab League request for peacekeeping troops in Syria would be impossible without the consent of the Syrian government.
“The peacekeeping request is one that will take (...)
Washington (dpa) – The US government on Wednesday reinforced its support of a political solution to the crisis in Syria, saying it was working with its international partners to develop a plan that would get food and medicine to communities inside (...)
Washington (dpa) – Mitt Romney, one of two main rivals for the Republican Party presidential nomination, Thursday charged that US President Barack Obama has undermined Israel with his Middle East policy and thrown it “under the bus.”
Newt (...)
Washington (dpa) – A Pakistani radio and television reporter who had extensively covered militant attacks, military operations, and social issues in his country was shot dead Tuesday in an apparent assassination, his employers said.
Mukarram Khan (...)
Washington (dpa) – The United States on Thursday increased pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, levying sanctions on companies in China, Singapore and United Arab Emirates for doing business with Iran.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham (...)
New York (dpa) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council Friday expressed “grave concern” over the deteriorating situation in Syria.
“All violence is unacceptable and must stop,” Ban said in a statement.
The (...)
Washington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama late Saturday signed into law a 662-billion-dollar defense spending bill that provides for a new round of economic sanctions against Iran that are likely to provoke new tensions with Tehran.
In an (...)
Washington/Brussels (dpa) – Distrust between US and Pakistani military forces contributed greatly to NATO forces' accidental killing of 24 Pakistani troops last month, the US investigating officer said Thursday.
Because of an “overarching lack of (...)