Month: November 2010

LISBON: President Barack Obama won NATO summit agreement Friday to build a missile shield over Europe, an ambitious commitment to protect against Iranian attack while demonstrating the alliance’s continuing relevance – but at the risk […] […]

MOSCOW—A former Israeli military officer wanted in Colombia for training illegal right-wing militias employed by drug lords that were responsible for hundreds of killings was released from Russian custody Friday, news reports said. Israel’s Channel […] […]

FRANCE has rejected demands from an al-Qaeda cell holding five French hostages in northern Africa that it negotiate their freedom with Osama bin Laden and pull its troops out of Afghanistan. “France cannot accept that […] […]

LISBON, PORTUGAL—It ended war in the Balkans and has staunched much of the bleeding in Iraq, but will it work in Afghanistan? NATO’s intricate and expensive exit strategy from the decade-long war won’t begin until […] […]