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As Fighting Rages In Aleppo, Syrians Face Hunger, Disease And Little Hope Of Aid -- Washington PostIn Aleppo, Syria — Darkness comes early to the streets of this ancient city, once a symbol of Syria’s richly storied past and now at the heart of the deepening nightmare that the country’s revolution has become.By 5 p.m., people are scurrying home, down...

Members of the U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Total Force" take a photo with audience members on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michelle Hooper plays the accordion during a performance...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said any solution to the conflict in Syria must ensure President Bashar al-Assad's forces and his opponents do not simply swap roles and fight on forever. Dec. 2012 (photo by REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)Reports Emerge Detailing Ankara-Moscow Plan For...

View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com.Homeless, At-Risk Veterans Double -- USA TodayThe number of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are homeless or at risk of losing a roof over their heads has more than doubled in the past two years, according to government data.Through the end of September, 26,531 of them were living on the streets, at...

Fiscal Cliff Deal Increasingly Unlikely -- PoliticoNearly all the major players in the fiscal cliff negotiations are starting to agree on one thing: A deal is virtually impossible before the New Year.Unlike the bank bailout in 2008, the tax deal in 2010 and the debt ceiling in 2011, the Senate almost certainly won’t swoop in and help sidestep a potential...

Russia to Bring Back Railroad-Based ICBM. © Photo Courtesy of SMF (RVSN) press serviceRussia To Bring Back Railroad-Based ICBM – Source -- RIA NovostiMOSCOW, December 26 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will restart production of railway-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), with...

Famous armorer Mikhail Kalashnikov. (RIA Novosti / Ruslan Krivobok)AK-47 Inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov In Intensive Care -- RTMikhail Kalashnikov, the 93 year-old inventor of the world’s most popular automatic rifle, has been admitted to a cardiology hospital in the Russian city of...

First F-35 headed for USAF service. WikipediaF-35: Still On Asia’s Radar? -- Trefor Moss, The DiplomatSeveral Asian countries are interested in the American F-35 JSF. But Canada’s U-turn on buying the jet won’t encourage Asian partners to sign up any time soon. Will the program survive?...

Benghazi Penalties Are Bogus -- New York PostThe four officials supposedly out of jobs because of their blunders in the run-up to the deadly Benghazi terror attack remain on the State Department payroll — and will all be back to work soon, The Post has learned.The highest-ranking...

Syria Death Toll Spirals As Lakhdar Brahimi Mission Stumbles -- The Australian/AFPTHE death toll in Syria's civil war has passed 45,000, a watchdog says, as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi looked to Russia for help in his faltering bid to find a negotiated settlement.Washington meanwhile gave a cautious welcome to reports that Syria's army police chief...

Rebels Advance In Central African Republic -- CNN(CNN) -- The United Nations announced Wednesday that it is temporarily relocating dependents and nonessential staff in the Central African Republic because a cease-fire with rebel forces is not holding.Their "contradictory messages and their continued military offensive seem to indicate that they might...

President Obama and Senator John Kerry. Kevin Lamarque / ReutersIs Hillary's Benghazi Testimony Still Going to Hold Up Kerry's Confirmation? -- The AtlanticAs if the "Where's Hillary?" meme hadn't picked up enough conspiratorial steam, it appears that some continue to believe Sen....

CIA’s Global Response Staff Emerging From Shadows After Incidents In Libya And Pakistan -- Washington PostThe rapid collapse of a U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya exposed the vulnerabilities of State Department facilities overseas. But the CIA’s ability to fend off a second attack...

(Click on Image to Enlarge)Professor: Don't Be Surprised If There's A War Between Japan And China In The Next Year -- Rob Wile, Business Insider Chinese planes flew near Japanese airspace Monday to assert its claims to Japan's Senkaku islands (China calls them the Diaoyu islands).The...

Assad's End Game. Then What? -- The AustralianAFTER more than 45,000 deaths, the civil war to overthrow Bashar al-Assad's Baathist regime dominated by the heterodox Shia Alawite community is nearing the end game. The rebels, endorsed by Sunni leaders in the Gulf and elsewhere, appear to have the upper hand in this 18-month-long civil war. Peace cannot...

US Treasury Warns Of 'Extraordinary Measures' Amid Fiscal Cliff Deadlock -- The GuardianBarack Obama cuts short holiday to tackle budget crisis as country faces breaching its $16.4tn debt limit.US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner warned on Wednesday he would have to take "extraordinary measures" to avoid a default on the US's legal obligations as the...

The daughter of Narges Rezaeimomenabad holds a picture of her mother. Photo: ReutersMental Illness, Poverty Haunted Afghan Policewoman Who Killed American -- Reuters(Reuters) - The Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered...

How Fracking Could Affect U.S. Policy Towards The Middle East -- Daniel J. Gallington, U.S. News And World ReportDaniel Gallington is the Senior Policy and Program Adviser at the George C. Marshall Institute in Arlington, Va. He served in senior national security policy positions...

The Outstanding U.S. Public Debt as of 26 Dec 2012 at 10:07:21 PM GMTU.S. To Hit Debt Limit Monday -- FOX NewsThe U.S. Treasury on Wednesday announced the first in a possible series of emergency steps to push back the day when the government will exceed its legal borrowing authority...

Top 10 Most Popular Military Videos Of 2012 -- Stars And StripesThere’s live video of a Coast Guard rescue at sea during Hurricane Sandy, a public service announcement on homeless veterans, and of course, a ‘Gangnam Style’ spoof music video in contention, but what were the top 10 most watched U.S. military videos of 2012?This year’s winner, published...

Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti pictured with his mother before his death in custody. The GuardianBlogger's Death Stirs Political Hornet's Nest In Iran -- Reuters(Reuters) - There was little about Sattar Beheshti that made him stand out in a working-class suburb south of Tehran called...

Assad Officials Head To Moscow To Discuss End To Syrian Civil War -- NBCBEIRUT -- Syrian President Bashar Assad dispatched senior diplomats to Moscow on Wednesday to discuss proposals made by international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to end the 21-month-old conflict gripping Syria, Syrian and Lebanese sources said. Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal...

High-Ranking Syrian General Defects in New Blow to Assad -- New York TimesSyria’s embattled leadership suffered a new setback on Wednesday with the publicly broadcast defection of its military police chief, the highest-ranking officer to abandon President Bashar al-Assad since the uprising against him began nearly two years ago. The defector, Maj....

Yemeni protesters on the streets of Sanea during an anti-government demonstration in Radfan. Photo: ReutersVillagers Join Al-Qaeda After Deadly US Strike -- Sydney Morning HeraldDHAMAR, Yemen: A rickety truck packed with 14 people rumbled down a desert road from the town of Radda,...

Afghan policemen carry the dead body of a victim at a local hospital after a suicide bomb attack in Khost province, December 26, 2012. Voice of AmericaTaliban Suicide Bomber Attacks US Base In Khost -- Long War JournalThe Taliban claimed credit for a suicide attack outside of a US...

Syria To Discuss Brahimi Proposals With Russia -- ReutersSyrian President Bashar al-Assad dispatched a senior diplomat to Moscow on Wednesday to discuss proposals made by envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to end the conflict convulsing his country, Syrian and Lebanese sources said.Brahimi, who met Assad on Monday as part of a series of planned talks with Syrian...

Famous armorer Mikhail Kalashnikov. (RIA Novosti / Ruslan Krivobok)AK-47 Inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov In Intensive Care -- RTMikhail Kalashnikov, the 93 year-old inventor of the world’s most popular automatic rifle, has been admitted to a cardiology hospital in the Russian city of...

Yaroslav Mudry. © RIA Novosti. Igor ZaremboRussian Warships Gather In Mediterranean For Drills -- RIA NovostiMOSCOW, December 25 (RIA Novosti) - About a dozen Russian warships are converging on the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden as part of a large-scale strategic exercise, a...

Russian Weapons Popular In The World In 2012 -- Space Daily/Voice of RussiaIn 2012, Russia concluded contracts on selling weapons for the total sum of $ 15 bln. Russian weapons are still popular in the world, much to the envy of some Western weapon producers.Today, the position of a country on the world market of weapons is evidence of the development...

Iranian helicopters and war-boats during "Velayat-90" navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz (file photo)Iran to Start Six-Day War Game in Strait of Hormuz on Dec. 28 -- Bloomberg BusinessweekIran’s naval forces will conduct a military exercise this week in the Strait of Hormuz,...

Dignitaries from the six Gulf states gathered for a summit in Manama, Bahrain [Reuters]GCC to Form Unified Military Command Amid Iran ‘Threats’ -- Bloomberg BusinessweekThe Gulf Cooperation Council said it will form a unified military command structure at a time when Iran poses a...