Tweet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected United States President Barack Obama’s peace deal between the Palestinians and Israel. Jewish settler leader in the West Bank criticized the president’s speech, saying that Israel can’t be safe under the 1967 borders. President Barack Obama said that any peace deal between Israel and the... 

Tweet The United States Department of Justice charged six Pakistani Americans for helping the Taliban based in Pakistan. Three of the people charged are already in custody, including two imams at mosques in southern Florida. The remaining three are still at large and currently in Pakistan. The six people who were tagged as Taliban supporters are Hafiz... 

Tweet Several Republicans expressed some criticism on President Obama’s time frame for military actions regarding Libya, as the U.S. and allies continue to bomb the country as part of the current operations in Libya. Rep. Senator John McCain said he felt the president waited a bit longer than he should have, but that he still believes we should support... 

Tweet   Suddenly ‘democracy’ seems to be the catchword for the people in the Arab and African world. The ruled want it desperately while the rulers hate the very mention of it. What happened in Tunisia and Egypt is also happening Yemen, Libya and Bahrain, to name a few. The local citizenry is on the boil. They want rights and they want their... 

Tweet The White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced on Friday that the United States will move for “unilateral” sanctions against Libya. He said that these would involve cutting off the limited military cooperation with Libya and freezing the assets of Gaddafi and his four children that are held in the US. Carney also confirmed US embassy... 

Tweet It is curtains for Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. After 18 days of obduracy, President Hosni Mubarak has resigned. The country’s new vice-president Omar Suleiman announced this, in a brief statement, on Friday. Suleiman said that Mubarak has demitted the office of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Supreme Council of the armed forces... 

Tweet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has signed a decree forming a committee that will oversee constitutional amendments that were discussed during recent talks with opposition members, as the spirited public demonstration enters the third week. Despite Mubarak’s assurance to the youth in Egypt that they will have the right to freedom of speech and... 

Tweet While both pro and anti-Mubarak protesters fight in Egyptian streets, the Christian minority is facing continuing persecution, which isn’t widely known to the general public. Tom Doyle, director for E3 Partners, a Christian missionary organization working throughout Egypt and the surrounding area, and author of “Breakthrough: The Return of Hope... 

Tweet On a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Dec. 3, President Obama, speaking to the crowd at the Bagram Air Force Base said that the Taliban is steadily losing its hold and now exercises control over fewer areas. This means that the Afghans had a greater chance of success in rebuilding their future. This was also a pointer to the fact that the US Afghan... 

Tweet When President Barack Obama took his trip to mumbai, he spoke at the Expo on democracy and open government. This event really highlighted citizen efforts to promote the government’s accountability throughout any situation that may arise. Obama’s administration stated that they would gladly contribute a total of $1 million towards efforts...