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Let me start with the bottom line and then tell you how I got there: I can’t agree with President Obama’s decision to escalate in Afghanistan. I’d prefer a minimalist approach, working with tribal leaders the way we did to...

Israeli experts had some advice for the man succeeding Mohamed ElBaradei after 12 years. Ephraim Asculai, a Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for National Security Studies, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that as director general, Amano could take...

Before I left Iraq to come to Dubai I used to have to avoid dangerous districts where crazy extremists could attack me just because my name was Ali. It wasn’t unusual to see a headless body lying on the streets...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Jordan’s King Abdullah II signed a long-awaited free-trade deal on Tuesday before holding talks on further boosting economic ties, the palace said. “The free-trade agreement, which was signed today, is key to enhancing bilateral economic cooperation...

In the remote plains of northwestern Yemen, towns and relief camps are being inundated with displaced families fleeing conflict in the north. Both Saudi and Yemeni government forces are attacking Shiite rebels along the border area between the two countries....

Dozens of military academies' students send Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak letters voicing concerns over current outline of prisoner exchange deal; say Israel cannot give in to terrorists Kobi Nahshoni Cadets at the Bnei David Religious Military Academy sent...

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From the rickety upper deck of the small tour boat cruising the Tigris River, it was easy to imagine Baghdad as a peaceful city again. The boat listed badly when it turned, the dock was old and rusty, and the...

New York and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index added 1.1 per cent. “The fallout from the Dubai situation and the overall contagion effect should be both short-lived and quite limited,” wrote Suki Mann, a credit strategist at Societe Generale...