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Closing Guantanamo Bay Prison Could Mean the Release of Yemenis Who Are Unrepentant Terrorists
The single biggest opportunity -- and potential difficulty -- for the incoming administration's plan to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, comes from the same group of Yemeni prisoners, who make up fully 40 percent of the detainees still held there.
Iraq's Prime Minister Defends U.S. Security Pact in Public Address
BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki addressed the nation Tuesday to defend a security pact that would let U.S. troops stay in Iraq three more years and expressed concern that some lawmakers were trying to block it for political reasons.
After Oil Tanker Hijacking, Saudi Arabia to Join Anti-Piracy Efforts
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 18 -- Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Tuesday condemned the hijacking of a Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million in crude oil, calling piracy "a disease that has to be eradicated."
U.S. Seeks New Supply Routes Into Afghanistan
TORKHAM, Afghanistan, Nov. 18 -- A rise in Taliban attacks along the length of a vital NATO supply route that runs through this border town in the shadow of the Khyber Pass has U.S. officials seeking alternatives, including the prospect of beginning deliveries by a tortuous overland journey from...
Miliband: Syria vital to peace in Middle EastDavid Miliband said that his talks with Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, focused on ways of achieving a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. Mob swears vengeance as it buries bossFor a moment, as the first few of the hundreds of mourners came up the cypress-lined avenue to the main cemetery on the edge of this prosperous satellite town outside Tel Aviv, the menfolk donning kippas, you could have mistaken it for any Israeli funeral. Pirates said to take supertanker back to Somalia
A hijacked Saudi-owned supertanker carrying more than $100 million worth of crude oil is believed to have anchored off Somalia and its owners are working toward "the safe and speedy return" of the 25 crew members, the owners said Tuesday.
New wave of fighting in Congo threatens gorillas
With the recent violence in eastern Congo, there are no trained rangers now to protect the mountain gorillas in the region.
Maliki defends pact with U.S.
The prime minister delivered a television address six days before a vote on the agreement in Parliament.
Tsvangirai urges Europe to increase food aid to Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean prime minister-designate made the urgent appeal in France, which holds the rotating EU presidency.
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