As it braces for the likelihood of a new ruler in Egypt, the U.S. government is rapidly reassessing its tenuous relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood, an opposition movement whose fundamentalist ideology has long been a source of distrust in Washington.
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U.S. reexamining its relationship with Muslim Brotherhood opposition group
The Obama administration firmly aligned itself on Sunday with the protest movement that has overtaken Egypt, calling for an “orderly transition” to a more representative government amid rising U.S. concern that the demonstrations are turning violent and that unrest could spread across the Arab…
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U.S. seeks swift transition in Egypt
The Obama administration is openly supporting the anti-government demonstrations shaking the Arab Middle East, a stance that is far less tempered than the one the president has taken during past unrest in the region.
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As Arabs protest, U.S. speaks up
The Afghan government is ramping up efforts to tax U.S. contractors operating there – an effort that could raise millions for the cash-strapped government but could also provoke fresh confrontation with the United States, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.
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Afghan tax effort targets U.S. firms
BEIJING – Chinese President Hu Jintao, who travels to Washington this week for a state visit after a year marked by disputes and tension with the United States, said the two countries could mutually benefit by finding “common ground” on issues from fighting terrorism and nuclear proliferation to…
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Hu says U.S., China must work toward mutual trust
The current commanding officer of the nuclear-powered U.S.S. Enterprise starred in videos that showed women showering together, referenced masturbation and bestiality and included antigay slurs and vulgarities.
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The Lede: Crude Videos on an Aircraft Carrier
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Countless U.S. officials in recent years have lectured and listened to Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, the man many view as the most powerful in Pakistan. They have drunk tea and played golf with him, feted him and flown with him in helicopters.
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U.S. courts Pakistan’s top general, with little result
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA – The fiery socialist Hugo Chavez of Venezeula used to deride Juan Manuel Santos as the No. 1 “little Yankee.” Now, as Colombia’s new president , Santos calls Chavez “my new best friend.”
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Colombia’s new leader seen as good for U.S.
On a quick break between classes last week, Reef Al-Shabnan slipped into an empty room at Catholic University to start her daily prayers to Allah.
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U.S. Catholic universities seeing influx of Muslim students
BAGHDAD – In the heart of Baghdad’s Green Zone, just yards from the mighty fortress of the biggest U.S. embassy in the world, a small but symbolic challenge to America’s rapidly waning influence in Iraq is taking shape in the form of an Iranian ice cream parlor.
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In Green Zone, an icy challenge to U.S. power
The CIA has launched more than 100 drone strikes in Pakistan so far this year, but one seemingly obvious target remains conspicuously unscathed.
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U.S. eyes a haven for militants in Pakistan
Behind the scenes, federal agents in charge of stopping gun trafficking to Mexico have quietly advanced a plan to help stem the smuggling of high-powered AK-47s and AR-15s to the bloody drug war south of the border.
A video captures a man confronting a Florida school board before his suicide.
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The Lede: Video Shows Man’s School Board Shooting
Provocative last words attributed to Richard C. Holbrooke turn out to be not quite what was portrayed.
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The Lede: Revisiting Holbrooke’s Last Remarks
KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai had heard enough.
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As U.S. assesses mission, Karzai is a question mark
U.S. reexamining its relationship with Muslim Brotherhood opposition group
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
