Israelis rally for peace protester
Dozens of supporters of Israeli conscientious objector Natan Blanc demonstrated outside military headquarters on Tuesday.
So far, Obama resists pressure to attack Syria
The fact that the president is exercising caution at this point is, for many, a positive change from the Bush-Cheney approach.
Battling crisis, Iraq’s communists remain optimistic
Ten years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, pretty much no one is optimistic about the prospects for democracy and a decent life for the people in that cradle of civilization.
France and U.K. decide to go all out in Syria, others have doubts
Francois Hollande and David Cameron announced that their governments would push for an end to the European Union embargo on selling weapons to rebel forces in Syria.
Land remains key to negotiated peace in Colombia
Coffee and cacao farmers are showing that social mobilization in Colombian streets and countryside will make sure such discussion becomes the order of the day.
Opportunity for a peaceful end to Syria crisis must not be lost
There is a small opening toward a possible peaceful solution. This is an opportunity that must not be lost.
Terror in Iran: Photo tells a story
These men should not have paid with their lives. Why execution???
UN vote on Palestine shakes things up
Last week's vote in the UN's General Assembly, which afforded "nonmember observer state" status to Palestine, and the Israeli government's response, has created controversy.
Middle East: the next four years
Over the next four years the U.S. will face a number of foreign policy issues, most of them regional, some of them global.
Burden of Colombian past weighs on peace negotiations
Protection must await a successful outcome of peace negotiations which were set to begin in Norway on October 17 between the Colombian government and the FARC.
