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Ilyas Kashmiri is dead, Qaeda spokesman suggests

3/18/2012

WASHINGTON - A recent statement released by al Qaeda’s spokesman for Pakistan indicated that Ilyas Kashmiri was indeed killed, most likely last year in a US drone strike in South Waziristan Agency (SWA).

US Drone Strike Kills 11 AQAP Leaders, Fighters

3/18/2012

Eleven terrorists, including four local commanders, are reported to have been killed in a US drone airstrike in a southern Yemeni province where al Qaeda's affiliate controls significant ground.

NATO Commander Lauds Montenegro Military Progress

3/15/2012

NATO's top commander said Wednesday that Montenegro will soon fulfill the military requirements to become a member of the Western alliance.

Pakistan parliament to discuss US ties next week

3/15/2012

Pakistan's parliament will debate new terms of engagement with the United States next week, a process expected to pave the way for the reopening of NATO and U.S. supply routes into Afghanistan, lawmakers and government officials said.

U.S. drops plan to move Marines to Iwakuni, eyes staying in Okinawa

3/15/2012

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Washington has given up a plan to transfer 1,500 Marines stationed in Okinawa Prefecture to a base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and proposed to Japan that they remain in the southernmost Japanese prefecture, bilateral sources said Wednesday.

Indonesia says 'no problem' with US Marines plan

3/15/2012

SYDNEY — Indonesia said Thursday it had no problem with US plans to station Marines in northern Australia as Canberra flagged the possibility of four-nation military drills with China.

NKorea's Kim Commands Military Live-Fire Drills

3/15/2012

North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un commanded live-fire drills involving all three branches of the military, state media reported Thursday, as he bolsters his credentials as commander in chief.

Armed Bedouins surround peacekeepers, some US, in Sinai to demand prisoner release

3/15/2012

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — An international peacekeeping force remained surrounded by armed Bedouins in the Sinai desert Wednesday, senior Uruguayan officials said. The Bedouins hoped their show of force would lead to the release of five Egyptian terror suspects.

Russia Says It Won't Intervene Militarily In Syria

3/15/2012

MOSCOW -- Russia is providing Syria with weapons to fend off external threats but has no intention to use military force to protect Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Russian foreign minister said Wednesday.

Officials: Iraq, Kuwait settle airline dispute

3/15/2012

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq reached a $500 million deal Wednesday with Kuwait to settle a Saddam-era legal dispute that has for years snarled business for Iraq's national airline, officials said.

With Arms for Yemen Rebels, Iran Seeks Wider Mideast Role

3/15/2012

WASHINGTON — In the past several months, Iran appears to have increased its political outreach and arms shipments to rebels and other political figures in Yemen as part of what American military and intelligence officials say is a widening Iranian effort to extend its influence across the greater Middle East.

Tehran Is Warned Window Is 'Shrinking'

3/15/2012

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said that the window for a diplomatic resolution to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions "is shrinking," in a new warning that came as Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator said his government was willing to immediately start a new round of negotiations.

NATO to boost Afghan security after soldiers killed

3/15/2012

(Reuters) - NATO plans to boost anti-infiltration and other security measures after the January killing of four French soldiers by a rogue Afghan soldier, a NATO spokeswoman said on Wednesday with the alliance facing increasing protests in Afghanistan.

Cameron and Obama Show Unity on Afghanistan

3/15/2012

WASHINGTON — Seeking to project a united front on Afghanistan after a spate of bloody setbacks on the battlefield, President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain pledged on Wednesday that their countries would stick to the timetable for winding down the war by the end of 2014.

Afghans protest US soldier's deadly rampage: police

3/15/2012

About 1,000 Afghans took to the streets in a southern town on Thursday to protest against the mass killing of 16 civilians in a rampage by a US soldier, police said.

Afghans angry over removal of accused US soldier

3/15/2012

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan lawmakers expressed anger Thursday over the U.S. move to fly an American soldier accused of killing 16 civilians out of the country to Kuwait, saying Kabul shouldn't sign a strategic partnership agreement with Washington unless the suspect faces justice in Afghanistan.

Killings cast pall over local Afghan operations

3/15/2012

The village where a U.S. staff sergeant is accused of a massacre probably had a very close, daily relationship with the Green Berets who protected the village and taught people there how to defend themselves from the Taliban, military experts say.

Risks rise for African migrants on Yemen-Saudi border

3/15/2012

The discovery of 70 battered men and women held captive in a remote area of Yemen has sparked an investigation into the torture and extortion of African immigrants by criminal gangs.

Iran Leader Defiant in Feud With Parliament

3/15/2012

BEIRUT—Iran's parliament summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning on Wednesday, a first for that country and the latest step in an escalating political feud.

With Pakistan supply route still shut, Russia offers NATO life line

3/15/2012

MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday endorsed a proposal to allow NATO use of a southern Russian air base as a hub for transport of supplies to Afghanistan and suggested it was premature to withdraw troops from the war-torn country.

Mauritania denies collusion as Mali rebels advance

3/15/2012

BAMAKO, March 14 (Reuters) - Mauritania dispatched its top diplomat to neighbouring Mali on Wednesday to counter media reports that it was backing Malian rebels fighting for independence in the desert north.

Korea: South Korea to stage major drill in Yellow Sea

3/15/2012

SEOUL: South Korea will hold a major military exercise near the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea later this month when Seoul hosts a global forum, officials said Wednesday.

Obama aims to dispel Afghan anger over massacre

3/14/2012

WASHINGTON/KABUL, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought yesterday to dispel Afghan anger over a U.S. soldier’s massacre of 16 villagers even as protests erupted in Afghanistan over the incident and Taliban insurgents threatened to retaliate by beheading American troops.

Afghans seek to try U.S. soldier in killings

3/14/2012

Some Afghans are demanding its government forge a new pact that allows U.S. soldiers accused of crimes to be tried by Afghan courts as the U.S. military on Tuesday said it found probable cause against a soldier accused of murdering 16 civilians.

Militants Attack at Memorial for Massacre Victims

3/14/2012

PANJWAI, Afghanistan — Militants riding motorcycles attacked a high-level Afghan government delegation during a memorial service on Tuesday in the village where an American soldier is said to have killed 16 people, mostly children and women, in a door-to-door rampage two days earlier.

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