ISLAMABAD, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — A day after President Pervez Musharraf quit, leaders of Pakistan's fractious coalition government squabbled over the judiciary on Tuesday and a bomb killed 25 people, underscoring the challenges facing the nation. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran's attempt to launch a dummy satellite into orbit was a "dramatic failure" that fell far short of the country's assertions of success, a U.S. official said on Tuesday ... > full story
SEOUL, Aug. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — South Korean and U.S. forces began annual military drills on Monday, as a North Korean military spokesman denounced the exercises as a prelude to war and said they spoiled the prospects for nuclear disarmament talks. ... > full story
WARSAW, Aug. 15, 2008 (Reuters) — Poland agreed on Thursday in the midst of the Georgia crisis that it would host elements of a U.S. global anti-missile system after Washington agreed to boost Poland's own air defenses. ... > full story
ISTANBUL, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkish counterpart failed on Thursday to sign energy deals opposed by Washington, which is seeking to pressure Tehran into halting its nuclear program. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Aug. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States has turned down Israeli requests for military hardware to help it prepare for a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, a frontpage report in Israel's Haaretz newspaper said on Wednesday. ... > full story
TOKYO, Aug. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Japan that Washington would not remove North Korea from a U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism on the initial deadline of Monday, Japan's foreign minister and the State Department said. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — An audio tape purportedly made by al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al Zawahri has accused Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and other politicians of trying to destabilize Pakistan at the behest of the United States. ... > full story
DAMASCUS, Aug. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — Syria is willing to answer questions by the U.N. nuclear watchdog about an alleged nuclear complex but has not agreed with the agency to allow more visits to the site, a foreign ministry statement said on Saturday. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Aug. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — A top U.N. nuclear watchdog official began talks in Iran on Thursday aimed at improving cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency over Tehran's nuclear program. ... > full story
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The politics of oil prices Aug. 6, 2008 (Daily Telegraph, UK) — An oil price of more than $147 a barrel was a grave threat not just to the West, but also to the emerging nations of Asia. Fortunately, the laws of ...
India dismisses Pak talk of arms race July 25, 2008 (GlobalSecurity.org) — India has dismissed a warning by Pakistan that the Indo-US nuke deal will accelerate an atomic arms race in the sub-continent declaring there was ...
Main Catch in War on "Virtually a Free Citizen" in Pakistan July 13, 2008 (Mother Jones) — New evidence that the Bush Administration's war on terror is more show than substance.. . In a 2004 presidential debate, Bush sought to assure ...
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