Are Washington And Tehran Headed For A Showdown?

How Iran And America Could Wind Up At War -- Ilan Berman, Forbes Are Washington and Tehran headed for a showdown? For much of the past decad...

U.S. Default Fears Intensify

Default Dears Worsen As US Senate Blocks Debt-Ceiling Bill -- The Telegraph The Democrat-controlled US Senate has blocked a Republican debt-...

U.S. Soldiers Fighting In Afghanistan Are Asking If They Will Get Paid

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen addresses the media on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Md., July...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- July 30, 2011

Afghanistan's Warring Sides Seek Advantage Prior to Possible Talks -- Voice of America The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan is approa...

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 30, 2011

Turkey's Military In Turmoil As Top Brass Quit -- Reuters Turkey faced turmoil within its military on Saturday after the country's f...

World News Briefs -- July 30, 2011

U.S. Senate Kills House Debt Limit Increase, Advancing Own Plan -- SFGate The Senate swiftly rejected a House Republican plan to raise the U...

Is Using Drones In Warfare Ethical?

The Ethics Of Warfare: Drones And The Man -- The Economist Although it raises difficult questions, the use of drones does not contravene the...

Why Africa Is Going Hungry

Behind Africa’s Famine, More Than Just Drought Famine Isn’t Inevitable -- William G. Moseley, Washington Post More than 12 million people ar...

The High Cost Of Supplying Military Services

What Costs Even More Than DoD’s Weapons? Its ‘Services’ -- DoD Buzz Journalists, lawmakers and others tend to focus on the Pentagon’s expens...

You Know Times Are Tough When The Pencil Pushers Start Losing Their Jobs

Armed Forces To Axe An Extra 7,000 Penpushers In Shock Civilan Jobs Cull -- Daily Mail The Ministry of Defence will axe a further 7,000 penp...