What is happening in the U.S. state of Wisconsin is being seen as the result of a shady deal by right wing forces to destroy the unions of public workers. For more than seven days now, nearly 100,000 people have been protesting the legislation proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walter and the Republican-dominated state congress. The protests...
The United States plans to send 1,400 additional Marines to Afghanistan to boost its combat forces ahead of the spring fighting season, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The United States, which led a 2001 invasion of Afghanistan that toppled the Taliban, has about 100,000 troops in the country, and President Barack Obama is under...
Tajik security forces have tracked down and killed eight Islamist militants, including an al Qaeda-linked warlord accused of a September attack on government troops, a security official said Tuesday. Security forces launched a retaliatory operation against the rebels in a mountainous area in eastern Tajikistan shortly after their September...
The Australian government Wednesday blamed the United States, not the WikiLeaks founder, for the unauthorized release of about 250,000 secret U.S. diplomatic cables and said those who originally leaked the documents were legally liable. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd also said the leaks raised questions over the “adequacy” of U.S....
Iran and six world powers began negotiations about the country’s nuclear program Monday in Geneva. The delegations of Iran, the European Union, the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Germany came together for the meeting, the first in over a year. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met Saeed Jalili, Iran’s chief negotiator,...