Brahimi seeks peace for Syria in Russia amid blame-shifting over broken truce
In an effort to bring stability amid the ongoing finger-pointing between the Syrian rebels and government over blame for disrupting a truce, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is in Moscow […]
Afghanistan: Green-on-blue attacks show there’s no easy way out
By Sajjan Gohel, special to CNN Editor’s note: Dr Sajjan Gohel is International Security Director for the Asia-Pacific Foundation, an independent policy assessment group based in London. He provides analysis […]
US panel cuts Pakistan funding over doctor row
ARABNEWS WASHINGTON: A Senate panel voted to cut aid to Pakistan by a symbolic $33 million, $1 million for each year of jail time handed to a Pakistani doctor convicted of treason for helping the United States track down Osama Bin Laden. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the amendment to […]
Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army
BY: ANNE GEARAN | AP ARABNEWS WASHINGTON: Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend […]
What NATO summit means for Pakistan
BY: Moeed Pirzada ARABBEWS Anxiety over whether Pakistan will be able to attend the NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21 was put to rest when the trans-Atlantic alliance decided […]
Two British servicemen shot dead by Afghan police they were training
Two British servicemen have been shot dead by Afghan policemen they were training in Helmand, in the latest killing by local security forces of Nato allies. The soldier from 1st […]
Make money, make war: UK profits from Libya mess
Source: RT.com http://on.rt.com/aev4jx NATO may have ended its operations in Libya, but the Western presence is far from over, with big companies replacing the warplanes. The countries that bombed the oil-rich state are now getting lucrative contracts to rebuild it. First, British bombs tore it apart. Now, British companies will […]
NATO fears resurgent Germany
RT News: Although Germany and Russia have developed into modern democracies with free-market systems, NATO still fears the revival of the former Nazi and Soviet states, says Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Rogozin, Russia’s former Permanent Representative to NATO, told officers of the Aerospace Forces in the restricted area of […]