In a scene reminiscent of the uprisings that swept the Middle East 10 years ago, Palestinian protesters took to the streets over the weekend, chanting, “The people want to bring down the regime.” The recent death of activist and Palestinian Authority critic Nizar Banat while in the custody of Palestinian …

As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, Washington is considering options to ensure its intelligence-gathering and counterterrorism capabilities are maintained. Recent reporting suggests that United States is looking to use bases in Pakistan and in the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia — although without success so far. Washington is …

“A number of human beings have been liberated and they are out from under the heel of a vicious, brutal regime,” I rarely read the newspapers these days (what’s the point?) but that statement caught my eye during a quick glance last week. That was Donald ‘Defense’ Rumsfeld at a …