Month: July 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan—Two ex-soldiers and two Afghan companies schemed to steal $1.6 million of fuel from a military base, the U.S. military disclosed Monday as an example of its efforts to root out shady dealings in […] […]

TEHRAN, Iran—The head of Iran’s opposition warned the country’s hard-line political leaders Monday that they could suffer the same fate as the deposed Shah if they continue to consolidate their grip on power. The powerful […] […]

WASHINGTON — When the CIA sent word in 2005 to destroy scores of videos showing waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, there was an unusual omission in the carefully worded memo: the names of two […] […]

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says there appears to be evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents on the war in Afghanistan The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks on […] […]

VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez yesterday threatened to cut off oil supplies to the US if it supported a Colombian military attack on Venezuela, and warned Washington to stay out of the crisis. Mr Chavez broke […] […]

THE Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), five days after its members of Parliament abstained in a vote to extend the limited State of Public Emergency, and in the face of mounting criticisms, yesterday accused the […] […]