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25 May 2010 (VOA) -News reports say the U.S. military has authorized an expansion of covert operations in the Middle East, the Horn of Africa and Central Asia to disrupt terrorist groups in the region.

25 May 2010 (VOA) – It’s been more than two years since Iranian authorities arrested seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community.  The two women and five men have spent the ensuing months in Evin prison, reportedly under harsh

KHORRAMSHAHR, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech in a southern port town has been marred by shouts from disenchanted Iranians demanding jobs.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Iran to release the three hikers, whom U.S. officials have described as innocent tourists, and the State Department has stated that Washington is not contemplating any prisoner swap with Iran.

May 24, 2010

22 May 2010 – Medya News – 13 Members of Congress urged the State Department to condemn increased human rights violations in Iran  in a letter prepared by the office of Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC) sent on Friday to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Debkafile’s military sources report a decision by the Obama administration to boost US military strength in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions in the short term with an extra air and naval strike forces and 6,000 Marine and

The Obama administration has been calculating that unity among the “P-5? (diplo-speak for the five permanent Security Council members) is more important than the details of the sanctions resolution, and this week’s events showed that this

China and Russia have agreed to back new U.N. Security Council sanctions, and a naming-and-shaming campaign is in the works

20 May 2010 – MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Iran on Thursday to send its proposal for a nuclear fuel swap deal to the U.N. atomic watchdog as soon as possible, Interfax news agency reported.