The renowned London law firm Eversheds recently released findings from its “Boom or Gloom” project in which the company has been surveying global business owners to determine where the global economic centers of the future will be Read the rest of this entry »

Tonight, at West Point military academy, President Obama will address the American people with his intent to quickly deploy an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan while also laying out his plan to begin our withdrawal Read the rest of this entry »

 According to President Barack Obama, U.S. ties with India will be “one of the defining relationships” of the 21st century. At the conclusion of talks earlier today, Obama said Read the rest of this entry »

This past Monday, Somali pirates targeted an oil tanker off of the coast of East Africa by firing automatic weapons and launching rocket-propelled grenades Read the rest of this entry »

After patiently waiting for the political climate in Afghanistan to cool down enough for President Obama to decide whether or not the US will sustain a military presence in the country, it would seem as if we were one step closer to receiving a final answer Read the rest of this entry »

A senior Treasury Department official said early today that the Taliban is in much stronger financial  shape than al-Qaida due to it’s involvement in a wide range of criminal activities. David Cohen who works as the U.S. assistant secretary for terrorist financing said that Taliban Read the rest of this entry »

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Earlier today, Pakistan’s foreign minister said  that a proposed multibillion-dollar U.S. aid package is crucial to Islamabad’s efforts to fight terrorists.He called the assistance the “first, very strong signal of a long-term commitment with the people of Pakistan.” The U.S. aid bill would provide Pakistan with $1.5 billion a year over the next five years Read the rest of this entry »

After meeting with Iraqi refugees in Syria on Friday, Angelina Jolie urged the world not to forget the plight of those among them who cannot return home because of the trauma they suffered and the country’s instability. Jolie accompanied by her partner, Brad Pitt, visited Syria as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Read the rest of this entry »

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“There is a split”, according to President Barack Obama, among his closest advisers on the war in Afghanistan. Evident after today’s meetings, divisions in his own party over whether to send in thousands more U.S. troops is complicating his efforts to adopt a war policy he can sell to a public grown weary of the 8-year-old conflict. Support for the war has fallen drastically among Americans Read the rest of this entry »

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President Barack Obama and the leaders of Britain and France released a statement today declaring that Iran must cooperate on its suspected weapons development “or be held accountable.” ”We will not let this matter rest,” said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who accused Iran of “deception.”  President Barack Obama urged Iran to disclose its nuclear activities and said the International Atomic Energy Agency must investigate Read the rest of this entry »