Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
US Naval Institute Daily - USNI
Real Clear World – RCP
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Designated Major US Ally - VOA
US Grants Special Ally Status to Afghanistan - NYT
Clinton Declares Afghanistan a Major non-NATO Ally - WP
US, Pakistan, Afghanistan Call on Taliban to Join Reconciliation - VOA
Peace Talks Spawn Violent Taliban Splinter Groups - AP
$16 Billion Pledged to Afghanistan, With Caveat - NYT
International Donors Pledge $16bn in Aid to Afghanistan - WP
Donors Pledge $16bn in Afghan Aid - BBC
Afghanistan Promises to Fight Corruption as Donors Pledge Billions - VOA
Corruption in Afghanistan Still a Problem - WP
Afghan Official’s Big Job: Clean Up Banking Scandal - WP
Obama to Ask for Civilian Afghan Aid Through 2017 - S&S
US Troops Score Win Against IEDs in Afghanistan - AP
Roadside Bombs Kill Dozens in Afghanistan - CNN
Bombs, Clashes Kill 35 Including Seven NATO Soldiers - Reuters
US NATO Soldiers Killed by Roadside Bomb - BBC
NATO: 6 Service Members Killed in Afghanistan - AP
14 Afghan Civilians Die in Twin blasts - WP
Roadside Bomb Kills 5 Afghan Policemen - AP
Video: Taliban Shoot Woman in Public Execution as Men Cheer - CNN
In Video of Execution, Reign of Taliban Recalled - NYT
Taliban Publicly Execute Woman Near Kabul - Reuters
Locals Vow Revenge for Afghan Woman's Execution - Reuters
The Afghan Air War - NYT video
Is the Afghan War Doomed? - WP book review / opinion
Will Afghanistan and Pakistan Go to War? - FP / SWJ opinion
Paying the Price in Afghanistan - Commentary opinion
Pakistan
Clinton's 'Sorry' Unlikely to Stop Pakistan’s Support of Insurgents - S&S
Clinton Looks for Better US-Pakistani Cooperation - AP
Clinton Says US, Pakistan Ties Still Raise Tough Questions - Reuters
Hardline Islamists Lead Thousands in Protest Against NATO Supply Line - AP
Pakistan Shuns Physicist Linked to 'God Particle' - AP
Syria
UN Envoy Annan in Syria for Talks With Assad - VOA
Clinton Says Assad's Days Are Numbered - VOA
Clinton: With Defections, Syrian Regime's 'Days are Numbered' - CNN
Assad Says US 'Destabilizing Syria' - BBC
Syria's Assad Rejects Comparison With Egypt, Libya - AP
Syria's Assad Says Annan Peace Plan Must Not Fail - Reuters
Annan Arrives in Damascus, Syria Tests Missiles - Reuters
Syria Launches Large-Scale Military Exercises - VOA
Syrian Military Holds Exercises in Show of Force - AP
NATO Tying Turkey's Hands on Syria - TN opinion
Egypt
Morsi Orders Egyptian Parliament to Reconvene - VOA
Egypt’s President Orders Return of Parliament - NYT
Morsi Moves to Restore Islamist Parliament - WP
Egypt President Reinstates MPs - BBC
Egypt's President Reconvenes Dissolved Parliament - AP
Egypt's Generals Meet on Recall of Parliament - AP
Egypt Army Meets to Discuss Presidential Decree - Reuters
Egyptian Military Still a Revered Institution - WP
For Egypt’s Leaders, Jobs are First Priority - WP
Egypt's Morsi to Make Saudi Arabia His First Foreign Visit - VOA
Obama Invites Egypt's Islamist Leader to US - Reuters
A Do-over with Egypt - WP opinion
Is Morsi Confronting Egypt's Generals? - Time opinion
Libya
Coalition Led by Pro-Western Official Claims Lead in Libya - NYT
Libya’s Election Blow to Islamist Rise in Arab Spring Wake - AP
Libya's Jibril Calls for Grand Coalition - Reuters
Middle East
Arab Spring Highlights International Court Flaws - NYT
Book: Israeli Spies Behind Iran Assassinations - AP
Premier Vows Exemptions in Israel Draft Will Change - NYT
Israeli PM Promises Military Draft Reform After Protest - CNN
Israeli Likud Backs Conscript Law - BBC
Israel Moves to End Religious Military Exemptions - Reuters
Israel to Bring Remaining Ethiopian Jews by 2014 - AP
Palestinians: Abbas to Visit Iran for International Conference - AP
Bombing in Central Iraq Kills Six - BBC
Iran Says Diplomat Target of German Smear Campaign - AP
Saudi Police Arrest Prominent Shi'ite Muslim Cleric - Reuters
Saudi Officials Arrest Radical Shiite Cleric - AP
Influential Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Saud Dies - AP
Yemeni Soldiers Free Officer They Abducted - Reuters
Limits to Iran Sanctions - WP opinion
Message to Iraq: Pull Back from the Brink - JP opinion
United Nations
A Treaty on Conventional Arms - NYT editorial
US Department of Defense
Troops Driving Humvees for 20 More Years, Maker Says - SBT
Unit of Crashed Firefighting C-130 Quietly Handles Perilous Duties - S&S
Warrior Transition Unit’s Role Changes with Times - S&S
Navy Ramps Up Crackdown on Drug Use, Widens Testing - S&S
United States
Americans Have More Confidence in Military - OCR
Extreme Heat Continues in US - VOA
Unrelenting Heat Wave Bakes All in Its Reach - NYT
US Heatwave Leaves Dozens Dead - BBC
13 Minutes to Doomsday - WP editorial
Another Stab at the US Constitution - NYT opinion
Africa
Sudan Military Vows to Avenge Killings of 2 Government Officials - VOA
Sudan Opposition Figure Arrested - BBC
South Sudan Looks Ahead After Rough First Year - VOA
Blood and Oil Tinge South Sudan's First Birthday - Reuters
South Sudan Rebel, Now President, Takes on Poverty, Graft - Reuters
Timeline: South Sudan-Born Out of Conflict - Reuters
Gunmen Strike Nigeria Towns, Killing Dozens - AP
Nigeria Officials Killed at Funeral - BBC
Nigeria Senator Killed at Mass Burial After Ethnic Clash - Reuters
Congo Rebels Seize Eastern Town After Army Flees - AP
DR Congo Rebels Seize Key Town - BBC
Congo Rebels Seize Strategic Eastern Town - Reuters
Mali’s Tomb Raiders - NYT opinion
Americas
Mexican Electoral Officials Confirm Pena Nieto Win - Reuters
Mexicans Protest Over Presidential Poll Winner - BBC
DEA Agents Killed Pilot of Drug Flight in Honduras - AP
Venezuela: Chavez Rivals Should Not Campaign in Slums - AP
Cuba's Raul Castro Welcomed to Vietnam - AP
Asia Pacific / Central
Clinton Makes Effort to Rechannel the Rivalry With China - NYT
China's Premier Warns of Further Economic Slowdown - AP
China Pollution Protest Ends, but Suspicion of Government High - Reuters
S. Korea: US General Apologizes For Dispute In Seoul - NYT
Rights Groups Urge Release of ASEAN Declaration - VOA
Violence, Threats Rise as Malaysia Election Nears - Reuters
Burma: Many Fear Completion of Stalled Dam Project - WP
Ruling Party Wins E. Timor Poll - VOA
East Timor PM Heads for Poll Win - BBC
Europe
Russian Flood Death Toll Hits 150; Putin Orders Investigation - VOA
Russia: Putin Tours Flooded Region, Questions of Negligence Arise - NYT
Putin Orders Probe Into Russia Flood Deaths - AP
France, Germany Mark Postwar Reconciliation Amid Divisions - VOA
Germany and France Celebrate Their Bond - NYT
Germany, France Urge Closer European Unity - AP
Romania Rocked by Political Turmoil - VOA
Greek Government Wins Confidence Vote - AP
Greek Government Wins Confidence Vote, Battles Loom - Reuters
Europe’s Missing Union - NYT opinion
South Asia