- U.S.-Morocco naval cooperation targets Al Qaida expansion in N. Africa – August 15
- Morocco progressing on major solar power plants – August 15
- Trial reveals close ties between Nigerian intelligence and Mossad on Hizbullah – August 14
- Darfur tragedy obscured by mitigating factors: Oil, Sudan-China ties – August 2
- Poland official’s Israel ties prompts investigation of drone deals – August 1
- UK intel deems Yemen network Al Qaida’s ‘most innovative’ and dangerous – July 28
- Options for a S. Sudan in crisis: ‘Party split, state failure, or … genuine multi-party democracy’ – July 28
- A royal birth as a welcome symbol of good in a world gone bad – July 25
- South Sudan leader ousts vice president seen caving to Khartoum – July 24
- Israeli drone marks 15,000 flight hours in Afghanistan – July 23
- EU lists Hizbullah as terrorist organization but will continue aid to Lebanon – July 23
- Sudan again turns off spigot on pipeline from the South – July 22
- Algerian troops kill Al Qaida deputy chief – July 21
- Morocco’s advanced frigate, Mohammed VI, finishes sea trials – July 19
- Conservative supporters of Edward Snowden begin to get the picture – July 16
- Sleeper agents planted during Cold War are sentenced in Germany – July 16
- Huge, solar-powered dragon fly: Wing span of a 747, weight of a small car – July 12
- Drones seen going where peacekeepers can’t to monitor Sudan border – July 10
- Russia’s brisk arms trade business seen driving its foreign policy – July 9
- Joint exercise with Russia tests combat readiness of Iran’s Navy – July 9
- Sudan MiG-29s said to conduct air strikes on South – July 7
- Al Qaida network Shebab in Somalia kills its own leaders – July 3
- Putin seeks international gas pricing mechanism – July 2
- Russian foreign minister contradicts his deputy: Moscow not evacuating Syrian naval base – July 1
- Iran and Sudan’s plan to gain control over Central and Western Africa and its natural resources – July 1
- Russian military accord with Cyprus could pose problems for NATO, U.S. – June 28
- Golden Prague: Formerly gray Soviet bloc state has been liberated – June 28
- Russia pulls all troops out of Syria, denies ‘facility’ at Tartous was a base – June 27
- Algerian forces kill top Al Qaida operatives from Mali – June 27
- Tunisian military chief resigns over failure to stop Al Qaida infiltration – June 26
- Russia deploys intel ship off coast of Syria – June 25
- Pentagon buys M-17 Russian military helicopters for Afghan Army – June 25
- France, Arab states plan large-scale arms supplies to Syrian rebels – June 21
- Qatar said to place large order for tanks, artillery from German firm – June 19
- Putin’s chess move in Syria, with an eye on the region at large – June 19
- Sudan and South violate border agreement, deploy forces in buffer zone – June 18
- Egypt launches stealth war with Ethiopia and its allies over the Nile – June 13
- Sudan breaks from Egypt, supports Blue Nile dam in Ethiopia – June 11
- Japan scrambles to catch up with China’s yuan diplomacy in Africa – June 11
- Loser: Socialist Francois Hollande picked the wrong time to win the presidency – June 9
- ‘Unacceptable’ risk: Austria withdraws its troops from Golan Heights force – June 7
- Sudanese Janjaweed commander wanted for war crimes spotted in Darfour – June 5
- Libyan violence blamed for delays in offshore drilling projects – June 5
- Beijing’s divide-and-conquer ‘diplomacy’ splits alliances, public and private sectors – June 5
- Saudis teach rehabilitation of Al Qaida operatives in context of Sharia law – June 4
- Russia’s Medvedev hints he might resign amid signs of rift with Putin – June 4
- U.S. shocked by light sentences for Salafists who attacked embassy in Tunisia – June 2
- Into the breach: UN peacekeepers mostly succeed in a dangerous game – June 2
- Assad confirms S-300 shipment has arrived from Russia – May 31
- Egypt fears losing much of the Nile to Ethiopian dam – May 30
- Hagel reviews military ties with Tunisia; U.S. aid has doubled since 2011 Islamist revolt – May 30
- Iraqi officials suspected of taking bribes in Russian arms deal – May 30
- Tunisian Islamists sentenced for attack on U.S. embassy – May 29
- Israel: Syria has not yet received S-300s but when they arrive, watch out – May 29
- Sudan’s Bashir again threatens to shut down oil pipeline – May 28
- Russian Pacific Fleet enters the Mediterranean in challenge to West – May 28
- Kremlin cracks down on recruiting in former USSR by Syrian rebels – May 23
- Iraq’s Al Maliki continues to insist bogus device detects IEDs – May 22
- Russia’s counter-intelligence arrests, turns over CIA agent in Moscow – May 22
- The game of chicken over Syria with dangerous consequences – May 20
- Brits balk at $150 million price tag on Joint Strike Fighter – May 17
- Energy firms mapping Kurdistan’s topography by satellite – May 16
- U.S. moves ‘assets and personnel’ near Libya in case they are ‘called upon’ – May 14
- Russian exercise near Georgia redirected to Syria after Israeli strike – May 14
- Moscow weighs expanding naval presence in the Mediterranean – May 13
- Moscow: Air defense support to Syria limited to ‘already signed contracts’ – May 13
- Netherlands uncovers sleeper agents planted before USSR’s collapse – May 7
- Can the world, and Israel, afford a lost generation? – May 5
- Brit who sold golf ball finders as bomb detectors to Iraq, sentenced to 10 years – May 3
- Report: UK plans largest military presence in Gulf states since 1971 – May 2
- Britain spending millions to train Palestinian security forces despite rights concerns – May 2
- Britain to train 4,000 Libyan police – May 2
- Russian intelligence and the Boston Marathon bombing – May 2
- Two SAMs fired at Russian passenger jet flying over Damascus – April 30
- Boston terror resets Russia ties; Chechnya group blames Moscow – April 30
- Morocco re-invites U.S. for exercise after Obama reverses position on western Sahara – April 30
- Darfour rebels push toward Sudan’s capital – April 29
- South Sudan President Kiir moves to stop Arab-backed initiative to split new state – April 29
- Egypt turns to Moscow to restart stalled nuclear energy program – April 25
- Al Qaida said responsible for bombing of French embassy in Tripoli – April 24
- EU lifts sanctions on Syria oil exports from rebel-held areas – April 24
- War over ‘Magnitsky List’ resets Obama’s planned ‘reset’ with Moscow – April 22
- U.S.-Morocco crisis: Major exercise canceled over W. Sahara – April 19
- U.S. sends fast patrol boats to Djibouti – April 19
- Transatlantic trade called win-win growth formula for USA and Europe – April 19
- Putin called top backer of Syria’s Assad, gave massive military support – April 16
- China’s Navy makes its first port call in Casablanca, Morocco – April 12
- Letter from Israel: Let’s hear it for Portugal – April 12
- Margaret Thatcher actually stood for something – April 12
- UN reports Libyan weapons have turned up in 12 countries – April 11
- Report: Cash-flush Algeria no longer relying on Russia as top military supplier – April 11
- N. Koreans held hostage by a totalitarian monarch and a three-way global chess match – April 11
- What would the Iron Lady have done about North Korea? – April 11
- S. Sudan restarts oil production 14 months after Sudan war blocked export – April 9
- Month-long U.S. exercise with strategic ally Georgia rattles Moscow – April 8
- The real Margaret Thatcher story: Governments cannot live beyond their means – April 8
- Hundreds of Europeans have been recruited to fight in Syria – April 8
- Calling N. Korea’s hand: Decades after Hiroshima, proliferation threat becomes real – April 8
- Obama brushes off Congress on Russian helicopters for Afghan military – April 7
- The overlooked Iran-Syria-North Korea strategic linkage – April 5
- Greek military outgunned by Turkey amid deep budget cuts – April 5
- U.S. delivers first of two C-130J transports to Tunisia – April 5
- Tunisia hosts officials from Hamas, Islamic Jihad – April 5
- Russian official says U.S. now directing ‘Libyan scenario’ in Syria – April 4
- Israel sets sights on Brazil as major defense client – April 4
- President Xi on the road promotes China as global power second only to U.S. – April 3
- Al Qaida exploits unemployed Algerians demanding energy jobs – April 2
- Russia cheers cancellation of U.S. missile defense for Central Europe – April 2
- A world in need of leadership: Picking up the post-Cyprus geopolitical pieces – April 1
- An Easter appeal for hope and God’s mercy – March 31
- Mocking Christians, but not for the fun of it – March 29
- A thoroughly decent German leader gets no respect – March 28
- Morocco tightens border security against influx of Al Qaida from Mali – March 28
- Gulf states recruit Chechen veterans for war against Syria’s Assad – March 27
- Germany tracks flow of nuke material to Iran through Turkey – March 26
- Foreign energy firms required to use Algerian security guards – March 25
- Russian Navy makes rare port call in Lebanon – March 24
- Rare opportunities amid monumental stupidity in Cyprus – March 24
- Russian ‘expertise’ suspected in targeting of Israeli surveillance drones – March 22
- UN survey cites rise of the Global South – March 22
- Russia, Israel confirm CW attack in Syria; U.S. won’t corroborate – March 20
- Report: Algeria, Morocco are top Africa arms importers – March 20
- Russian satellite collides with Chinese space debris from ASAT test – March 19
- Pope Francis I and the Vatican’s shift from an increasingly Godless West – March 19
- Behind Al Haig’s 1981 ‘I’m in control here’ statement – March 19
- World’s largest solar facility is in United Arab Emirates, of all places – March 18
- Report: U.S. offering Russia incentives for a post-Assad Syria – March 17
- Reports: Jordan hosting secret U.S. training program for Syrian rebels – March 17
- God not a Marxist: Leftist prayers for a Red Pope went unanswered – March 15
- Splintered Syrian rebels are low on ammo, focus on fundraising – March 14
- Russian Navy to establish a ‘permanent’ presence in the Mediterranean – March 13
- Tunisian government appoints non-Islamists as opposition to Brotherhood grows – March 11
- Newly-discovered Qatar natural gas field estimated at 5.2 trillion cubic feet – March 11
- Islamists linked to assassination of Tunisian opposition leader – March 8
- Syria: From Schadenfreude to an out-of-control crisis – March 7
- Senators urge Obama to cut ties with Russian arms exporter over Syria – March 6
- Militant Islam aligns with Russia abroad, devours its ‘soft underbelly’ at home – March 6
- Lebanon building border watchtowers against ‘serious threat’ from Syria – March 5
- Russian weapons blocked from Syria, but flowing to rebels by way of Serbia – March 4
- Russian energy major pulls out of Egypt citing terror threats – February 27
- Report from Europe: For those who can afford to ignore reality, life is good – February 27
- Moscow boosts strategic Syria ties with arms shipments, naval base – February 25
- One month after Al Qaida attack, Algeria resumes production at gas facility – February 25
- French incursion seen boosting Israel’s ties with Mali – February 24
- Tunisia finds 2nd large weapons cache believed smuggled by Al Qaida – February 24
- Who’s paying and not paying their fair share at the UN? – February 24
- Israel Navy patrols block African migrants thwarted by security barrier – February 21
- U.S. prompts Mauritania to hosts NATO exercise as Al Qaida regional threat widens – February 21
- Salafists patrolling nationwide to secure Islamist government in Tunisia – February 17
- The West’s moral champion waged a non-stop battle against moral relativism – February 17
- France using Israeli drone in Mali – February 15
- ‘Arab Spring’ was bad news for Russia’s defense industry – February 13
- Will ignoring West Africa’s drug hub curse world with another Somalia? – February 12
- Morocco hosting launch of Canadian aerospace firm facility – February 11
- Nationwide riots batter Tunisia’s Islamist government after opposition leader assassinated – February 8
- WorldTribune hit by cyber attack of Russian origins – February 1
- Algeria presses energy firms to remain despite terror strikes – February 1
- Celebrating 50 years of Franco-German peace – February 1
- High speed trains make sense in bustling S. Korea, but not in depressed Britain – February 1
- Somali pirates upgrade operations with satellite communications, extend range – January 31
- Westerners warned on travel to Morocco amid terror attacks in region – January 31
- Al Qaida conducts second strike on Algerian gas facility, blows up pipeline – January 30
- Russian flotilla heads for Mediterranean to counter NATO role in Syria – January 29
- By teaming with Al Qaida, the Tuaregs invited the French invasion of Northern Mali – January 28
- Algeria sends troops to Mali border to meet Al Qaida fleeing French strikes – January 27
- Western contractors warned Libyan oil facilities are next Al Qaida target – January 25
- South Sudan to supply crude oil to Israel – January 25
- U.S. warns citizens against travel to Algeria – January 24
- Morocco signs up Chevron for offshore engergy exploration – January 24
- Kremlin orders the evacuation of Russian nationals from Syria – January 22
- Algerians: Canadian national led terror strike at gas facility – January 22
- Out of Algeria: Energy companies pull staffers following Al Qaida attack – January 22
- Russian navy begins largest post-Soviet exercise in waters near Syria – January 21
- After policy disasters, U.S. AFRICOM to deploy troops to 35 countries – January 21
- Algeria under fire after rescue op led to ‘horrible’ outcome – January 20
- Obama silent on ‘gun violence’ in Africa while Al Jazeera promotes Al Qaida’s ‘gentle’ side – January 18
- Addressing global terrorism on a day when it was everywhere – January 18
- Fate of seven Americans hostages unknown after bloody Algerian rescue op – January 17
- Xi’s answer to America’s strategic shift to Asia: Closer ties with Moscow – January 16
- Tunisia’s Islamist government warns of civil war with modernists – January 14
- Russian warships arrive for major exercise off coast of Syria – January 13
- Terror crisis in Mali, desecration in Timbuktu and the suppression of millions: World shrugs – January 11
- ‘Almost noiseless’ 3rd Russian nuclear-powered sub begins sea trials – January 8
- Russia to send 12 warships for exercise near coast of Syria – January 3
- S. Sudan agrees to withdraw from disputed border to allow oil exports – January 3