WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The lawmakers are investigating a billing dispute of at least $750 million between the main supplier of food to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and the Pentagon. The Pentagon says Supreme Foodservice GmbH overcharged it, but the Netherlands-headquartered company said the rates were properly based on the complexities and dangers of supplying food [...]

ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni troops fought Islamist militants in southern cities on Thursday, as the government pressed ahead with a U.S.-backed offensive to help stabilize the impoverished Arab state that has turned into a base for al Qaeda. Western and Gulf Arab countries have watched with mounting alarm as political crisis in Yemen gave al [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday praised the “Arab Spring” popular revolutions in the Middle East but said instability and violence often precede greater respect for human rights. In its annual survey of human rights around the world, the State Department also recognized Myanmar for freeing opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from [...]

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A former Bosnian-Serb police commander wanted in his native country for his alleged role in the 1995 genocide of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica has been deported from the United States, authorities said on Thursday. Dejan Radojkovic, 61, arrived in Sarajevo on Thursday morning on a commercial flight escorted by [...]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iran accused world powers on Thursday of creating "a difficult atmosphere" in talks on its atomic energy program, signaling a setback in efforts to reach an agreement that would allay their fears that Iran is secretly trying to develop nuclear bombs. The nub of the dispute appeared to be Iran's demand for [...]