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Fleeing Kabul, chasing gold - the story of a refugee Olympian
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 17 hours agoFarzad Mansouri was the teenage flagbearer for his nation at the last Olympics. Three years on,...
Olympic refugee team: Farzad Mansouri on his Kabul-Britain journey
BBC News· 17 hours agoA coalition of foreign forces, led by the USA and including the UK, had been withdrawing from ...
Battlefield Commander’s Case Goes to Guantánamo Jury
New York Times· 17 hours agoThe panel is deciding a sentence for a prisoner who pleaded guilty to commanding Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan that carried out war crimes. A...
Afghanistan: Spring Stumbles Into View
Strategy Page· 11 hours agoMay 18, 2018: Increased American support (airstrikes, Special Forces, less restrictive rules of engagement and more intel) has boosted the morale and effectiveness of the Afghan security forces ...
Risk of terror attack on US soil rises to alarmingly high level, experts warn
AOL· 1 day agoThe threat of a major terror event taking place on U.S. soil is at a dangerously high level with big cities like New York City and Washington, D.C. most vulnerable to an attack</ ...
Will the Paris Olympics be a terrorist target? These three factors could be key - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 10 hours agoAn attack on the Olympics would certainly offer the type of global impact few other targets could...
War Veterans and Family Testify at Al Qaeda Commander’s War Crimes Tribunal
New York Times· 6 days agoVictims of insurgent attacks in wartime Afghanistan described their loss to a jury at Guantánamo Bay...
War Crimes Hearing Gives Public Virtual Look Inside a Secret C.I.A. Prison
New York Times· 3 days agoYears after the agency’s “black site” program was shut down, details are slowly emerging during...
Houthi Summer Camp for Kids Is All About Exporting Terror | Opinion
Newsweek· 6 days agoThere is nothing more innocent or beautiful than the birth of a child, especially in places where...
Exclusive-Somalia asks peacekeepers to slow withdrawal, fears Islamist resurgence
Reuters via AOL· 10 hours agoSomalia's government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a...