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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has ordered the USS Kearsarge and the USS Ponce – now in the Red Sea – to the Mediterranean, to “provide us with capability for both emergency evacuations and humanitarian operations,” according to the Dept.

As it comes under increasing fire for its poor human-rights record, Iran has decided to change the subject by focusing on purported Zionist and Freemason “conspiracies” against Muslims. On Sunday, the United States condemned Iranian repression of opposition supporters, and

In an interview on February 27th with Al Arabyia news network, an informed source within the Revolutionary Guards of Iran revealed that Iran has several military bases in Libya. The source, who requested anonymity due to his sensitive position within

I’m thankful that more and more people and their governments seem to be finding their voice as they speak out against the blight that is radical Islam. It remains, however, very much a mixed bag–more on that in a minute.

The U.S. government has expressed some concern about Libya’s chemical weapon supplies and dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s irrationality, as protesters march on the Libyan capital of Tripoli. The demonstrators claim to be acting to preempt any Gaddafi’s retaliation, in light of

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi continued his defiant rhetoric on Friday, saying that he would “crush any enemy,” according to Reuters. He spoke to thousands of supporters in Tripoli’s Green Square, and threatened to open his military arsenals and make weapons

On Tuesday, attackers armed with rifles killed 18 people in a village just outside of Jos, in central Nigeria. The attackers are believed to be members of the mostly Muslim Fulani ethnic group, according to Reuters. Nigeria, showing major historic

When a smitten Jesse Jackson yelled “Viva Che!– Viva Fidel!” alongside the latter at the University of Havana in 1984 with Jeremiah Wright (among Jackson’s entourage) clapping wildly from the sidelines, the world’s longest suffering black political prisoner languished in

As the Middle East is awash in protests and popular uprisings, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (“the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques” as he is described) has quickly announced $35 billion in aid for people. The money is supposed

It’s fashionable these days for anyone to compare his political enemies to Hitler. But as I watched Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi give his 75 minute speech on Tuesday on Al-Jazeera, all I could think was that Hitler had been resurrected. Gaddafi

On Saturday, Libya’s armed forced pursued a violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in eastern portion of Libya, especially in Benghazi, Bayda and Tobruk. Long convoys of military vehicles fired on demonstrators with high powered weapons. Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, speaking to

If developments in Egypt have gone as well as one could hope for, future prospects remain unclear. The exciting part is over, now come the worries. Let’s start with three pieces of good news: Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s strongman who appeared

Reuters: Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Sunday urged Palestinian refugees to take advantage of current unrest sweeping across the Arab world and stage a march on the Palestinian territories. “In the context of the popular Arab revolutionary movement, the Palestinian

For the last two months, North Korea has been frantically begging for food around the world, according to South Korea’s JoongAng Daily. The request has extended to dozens of countries, including China, the U.S., EU, and countries in southeast Asia.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood announced it will enter talks with Vice President Omar Suleiman about “the process of [President Hosni] Mubarak leaving office, the right to protest in public places and guarantees for their safety,” an MB spokesman told Reuters. The

Report: President Obama’s special envoy delivered a message to embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday about the need to prepare for an “orderly transition” of power in the country, a U.S. official said. Word of the meeting between retired