Middle East | With foreign fighters invading the rebellion, millions of Syrians
fleeing civil war, and a brutal president determined to hang on,
good guys and workable solutions are disappearing in a country no
longer itself
International |
President Obama ended his three-day visit to Israel with a stop at
the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem today. He travels on to
Jordan. The president’s…
Islam |
President Obama should listen to former Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger, the “founder” of shuttle diplomacy. Kissinger told
Bloomberg TV’s Judy…
International |
President Barack Obama has arrived in Jerusalem, greeted by Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres in a rare
state visit. While the…
Middle East | The New York Times
yesterday ran one more of its long, anti-Israel stories, but it
included this paragraph about life for radicals in a Palestinian
town: “If…
International |
Pope Benedictus XVI became the first head of the Roman Catholic
Church since 1415 to resign∫ announcing he will step down Feb. 28,
citing his “advanced…
International |
The French defense minister says fighting in Mali will be “long,”
as French forces today moved into towns just south of areas
captured recently by Islamic…
International |
Afghan forces will take “full responsibility for their nation’s
security” this year, announcedPresident Obama on Friday after
meeting with Afghan…
International |
And then there were none. As recently as two weeks ago, military
experts were discussing the hard-to-fathom option of the Obama
administration leaving as few…