Yemen's Water Crisis A Mideast Warning

The City of Sanaa From Terra Daily: Sanaa may be the first capital city in the world to run out of water. If that happens, it will be a sign...

An Action Report From The Ground In Afghanistan

U.S. Marines provide security for fellow Marines during a security patrol in the Nawa district in the Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 20...

Afghans Tell Americans, Move From Your Tents Into Buildings -- A Commentary

U.S. Marines conduct a security patrol through the Nawa district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2009. The Marines, assigned to B...

Saddam Planned 2006 Prison Escape: Lawyer's Memoirs

Saddam Hussein From AFP: AMMAN — Deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein planned to escape from his US-run prison in 2006 with the help of lo...

After Years Of War, Calls For South Sudan Independence Are Gaining Steam

Salva Kiir, First Vice President of the Government of National Unity of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan (AFP) South ...

Yemen Civil War News Updates -- October 31, 2009

Displaced Yemenis from Saada province live in a camp near Mazraq. Photo AFP OIC Chief Backs Yemen Plan To End Feud With Shiite Rebels -- AF...

Looking For A Solution To Stopping The Insurgency In Thailand's Southern Provinces

Thai PM Backs Autonomy For Troubled South -- AFP BANGKOK — Thailand's prime minister backed Tuesday a suggestion by his Malaysian counte...

Is The Crisis In Honduras Over?

A Deal Finally Ends Honduras' Coup Crisis -- Time Magazine It's a fairly simple geopolitical rule: small, poor countries can't a...

Pakistanis To Clinton: War On Terror Is Not Our War

From McClatchy News: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- After three days of encounters with America-bashing Pakistanis -- who rejected her contention th...

Smaller-Scale Terrorism Plots Pose New and Worrisome Threats, Officials Say

Photo: Al-Qaeda sleeper agent Ali al-Marri. Photo AFP From New York Times: WASHINGTON — After disrupting two recent terrorism plots, America...

Robert Mugabe Is Still The 'Real Power': UN Investigator

From The Australian: THE UN torture investigator has warned that Zimbabwe's fragile coalition government could collapse, saying his expu...

The Missiles Of October -- A Commentary

FILE PHOTO 40th Anniversary Of Cuban Missile Crisis WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 1962: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (FILE PHOTO) A spy photo of a medium ran...

Former Leaders Meet To Commemorate The Fall of The Berlin Wall 20 Years Ago

Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl Mark Berlin Wall's Fall -- Yahoo News/Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) – George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl pa...

Another Criminal for Gun Control

Comment by JDmysticDJ: As a convicted felon, who once lived in a dangerous criminal environment, I can tell you that the only times when I w...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Refuses To Resume Talks With Israel

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) stands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Abu Dhabi October 31, 20...

The Smutty Professor II: The Return of Buddy Love

The Smutty Professor himself has shown up in "comments" to defend his thesis. Feel free to audit the class . You might even rais...

Guns Magazine Spotlights 'Firearms Freedom Act'

The December 2009 issue of Guns Magazine is out, and it includes my column "Will Feds Kill 'Firearms Freedom Act'?" [ Mor...

This Day in History: October 31

130. October 31, 1777 Society for Free Debate, Horn, DoctorsCommons 'Would it not be for the interest of Great Britain, to end the prese...

U.S. Combat Injuries Rise Sharply In Afghanistan

U.S. Marines conduct a security patrol in the Nawa District in the Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2009. The Marines are assigned to...

More Iraqis Trying To Move Beyond Sectarian Divide

U.S. Army paratroopers train in small-unit tactics at night on Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 26, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael J. MacLeod ...

Iran Rejects UN-Drafted Uranium Plan

A technician pictured at the control room of the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities in 2007. Photo AFP Iran's Nuclear Response Creat...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 31, 2009

Much to ponder: President Obama at the White House this week Photo: Reuters Obama Asks Military For More Afghan Options: Report -- AFP WAS...

World News Briefs -- October 31, 2009

President Barack Obama meets on Afghanistan with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the White House Situation Room on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. ( Pet...

Ridding Germany of U.S. Nuclear Weapons

Büchel Airbase, site of 20 U.S. Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Germany Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/ From New York Times: BERLIN — Tucked a...

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 31, 2009

Marine, Coast Guard Aircraft Collide Off San Clemente Island -- Sign On San Diego SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard transport plane and a Camp Pendl...

Army To Launch Technology Blog

From Military.com: ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - The Army is launching a new blog to help Soldiers and the public discover a little-known s...

The Growing Development And Use Of UUVs

The Talisman UUV (Photo from War Is Boring ) Big Robots Operate In The Shadows -- Strategy Page October 29, 2009: UUVs (unmanned underwater ...

New Unmanned Chopper Sniffs Out Improvised Explosives While Looking Adorable

Helipanda This little fella likes flying through rainbows and sniffing for bombs Scheibel From Popular Science: The Pentagon is testing an...

Going Green Is Becoming Costly For Some U.S. Military Bases

Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army In The Cold -- L.A. Times It projects millions of dollars in losses from a private-contract job to upgrad...

Also Moving From Iraq To Afghanistan: Blood Platelets

Photo: A medevac crew cares for an injured soldier in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Patrick Barth / Corbis From Time Magazine: President Obama wi...

The Slow Death Of Colombia's FARC Guerrilla Movement

Why Colombia's Leftist Guerrillas Are Defecting -- Time Magazine At a ramshackle radio station nestled in former guerrilla territory, a ...

Afghan Election Talks Break Down

Abdullah Abdullah Presidential candidate discussing second round run-off in his home in Kabul. Photo: Dadid Gill From CNN: Kabul, Afghani...

Former VP Cheney: CIA's Mission With Joe Wilson Was

Dick Cheney: Joe Wilson's mission was 'Amateur Hour out at the CIA' -- The Politico Vice President Dick Cheney told federal pros...

President Obama's Afghan Strategy -- News Updates October 30, 2009

Obama Meets Joint Chiefs to Review Afghanistan Strategy -- New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama met Friday with the Joint Chiefs of S...

U.S. Intelligence Spending Is $49.8 Billion

United States Intelligence Community Seal The Intelligence Budget, Revisited -- Washington Independent Last month, on a conference call with...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 30, 2009

Iran nuclear power center. (Photo from San Francisco Sentinel ) Tehran Rejects Nuclear Accord, Officials Report -- David E. Sanger, Steven E...

World News Briefs -- October 30, 2009

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya speaks during a meeting inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa October 28, 2009. REUTERS/E...