By Patrick Goodenough Subscribe to Patrick Goodenough RSS (CNSNews.com) – Less than two weeks after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told President Obama at the White House how much he admired his “statesmanship,” “wisdom” and “commitment to high values of peace and stability around the world,” his office on Sunday announced it was reviewing […]

The Telegraph - Ruth Sherlock Syria rebel commander lashes out at his western patrons as he quits in protest at losses to regime One of the most senior Syrian rebel commanders to be backed by Britain and the United States, has resigned, blaming a major battlefield defeat on infighting in rebel ranks and the failures […]

World Net Daily Warns Jewish state running out of time as Tehran goes nuclear Israel does not have much time to make a “fateful decision” about whether to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said Sunday in a radio interview. “Israel, I think, now faces the fateful decision whether it will allow […]

BBC Egypt’s ousted leader Mohammed Morsi has gone on trial in Cairo, telling the judge the case is illegitimate as he remains president. He and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood figures face charges of inciting the killing of protesters outside the presidential palace in 2012.

BBC US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for an end to all violence in Egypt and urged moves to full democracy on his first visit to the country since President Mohammed Morsi was ousted. “History has demonstrated that democracies are more stable, viable and prosperous than any alternative,” he told a news conference.

The Hill - Julian Pecquet An explosion of violence in Iraq risks turning the troubled country into a political liability for President Obama. During last year’s reelection campaign, the president managed to both earn credit for withdrawing all U.S. troops and avoid blame for the deteriorating security situation.

The Telegraph - Con Coughlin To stave off Islamists and liberals at home, the royal family is willing to lose old allies The inhabitants of the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia are not renowned for their sense of humour. In a country where public executions by beheading are commonplace, and even relatively minor transgressions such as drinking […]

BBC Four Palestinian militants have been killed and five Israeli soldiers injured in violence in the Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian sources say. The soldiers were wounded when they were hit by a bomb as they were destroying a tunnel found last month running from Gaza to Israel.