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Multinational talks over the fate of Iran's nuclear program are set to resume later this month, German and U.S. officials confirmed.
U.S. officials secretly approved arm shipments to Libyan rebels from Qatar but grew concerned when they learned militants got some of the arms, officials said.
The United States and Pakistan are discussing possible new joint military efforts against Islamic militants, sources told The Wall Street Journal.
Infighting within President Obama's foreign policy staff thwarted the late Richard Holbrooke's efforts to deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan, a new book says.
Washington supports a national reconciliation program led by the Afghan government, government officials said amid claims the Taliban are willing to talk.
Washington agreed in principle to free Taliban officials in Guantanamo to get the Taliban to open a peace-talk office in Qatar, a British newspaper reported.
Iraqi lawmakers with ties to rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr called for the country's parliament to be dissolved and for new elections within six months.
Political infighting in Iran reflects basic differences in the ideology used to define the Islamic republic after the 1979 revolution, a scholar writes.
U.S. military operations in Iraq are still needed, but the mission has shifted from fighting wars to keeping the peace, regional analysts said.
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