U.S. officials are keeping a close watch on the current unrest in Pakistan, a country that is key to NATO’s efforts in Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday. Pakistani lawyers and activists are marching on Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, calling for an independent judicial branch. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen [...]

The US Air Force has begun airlifting Rwandan peacekeeping equipment and supplies from here to Sudan’s Darfur region as part of a United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission. The first mission was completed on 14th January by the “Spirit of The Golden Gate,” a C-17 Globemaster III transport jet deployed to Africa from Travis Air Force [...]

On Saturday, 27 December 2008, Israel launched Operation “Cast Lead” to protect the citizens of southern Israel who were being subjected to daily Hamas rocket and mortar fire. Although the situation improved somewhat under an Egyptian brokered “state of calm,” Hamas resumed its attacks in recent weeks, unilaterally declaring the “calm” null and void. Israel [...]