The Daily Telegraph Going to war in Afghanistan has not saved us from terrorism and drugs Going to war in Afghanistan has not kept terrorism off our streets or helped prevent drugs being openly traded | 7:00AM BST 25 May 2013 | Comments | SIR – I recall being told while Tony Blair wa... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps / Public Domain) Afghanistan Britain Photos War Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present) Reuters In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq. | Unresolved sectarian tensions, in... (photo: AP / Emad Matti) Iraq Photos US Violence Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency Top Stories The New York Times Afghanistan’s Karzai Says ‘No Circumstances’ Allow Him to Seek Another Term NEW DELHI — Seeking to dispel widespread rumors that he will find a way to cling to power beyond the end of his second term next year, President Hamid Karzai of Afghani... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) Business Election Photos Politics Wikipedia: Hamid Karzai The Examiner Report: Palestinian organizations use U.S. funding to demonize Israel On Tuesday, a report presented to Congress by Jerusalem-based watchdog NGO Monitor showed that several NGOs (“non-government organizations”) in the region that receiv... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) Israel Palestinian Photos UN Wikipedia: Palestine Scoop UN Chief Promotes Gender Empowerment in Mozambique Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 11:48 am | Press Release: UN News | UN Chief Promotes Education, Gender Empowerment during Final Day of Mozambique Visit | New York, May 21 2013 -... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Education Gender Mozambique Photos Wikipedia: Mozambique Huffington Post Review: Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails If Christopher Coyne's new book, Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails needed a subtitle, I'd be willing to offer up "We Meant Well, Too." | Coyne's book... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Aid Humanitarian Photos Wikipedia: World Food Programme World The Washington Times McConnell calls for end of import sanctions on Myanmar Facebook | Follow @washtimes | Do you believe Jay Carney's assertion that aides insulated President Obama from the IRS scandal? | Login to Vote | View results | Senat... (photo: Public Domain / The White House from Washington, DC) Mitch McConnell Myanmar Photos US Wikipedia: BurmaUnited States relations Al Jazeera Two key candidates barred from Iran election Iran's electoral watchdog has barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahadinejad from running in the June 14 presidential e... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Election Iran Photos Politics Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013 Al Jazeera Fight for Somalia turns town to dust - In a town not far from Mogadishu, vehicles slow to a crawl to negotiate the potholes that dot the town's only tarmac road; ownerless donkeys wander about, scavenging fo... (photo: UN / TOBIN JONE) Amisom Mogadishu Photos Somalia Wikipedia: Mogadishu