Sep 22nd, 2008 · A dispute between two Iraqi security services is brewing in the eastern city of Khanaqin. A Kurdish group, loyal to the Kurdistan regional government, controls security into the city. The Iraqi government has sent troops to take over the town but they are not being allowed to enter. The standoff has become so hostile that top Iraqi and U.S. military officials are trying to negotiate a solution.
Jul 21st, 2008 · In his thrilling postmortem of the Cuban missile crisis, Michael Dobbs reveals the role of tactical diplomacy — and luck — in ensuring a peaceful resolution to the Cold War standoff.
Jun 2nd, 2008 · A West Texas judge has ordered all of the children seized by the state from a polygamist group to be returned to their parents. But the order doesn't end the standoff between Texas child welfare officials and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints.
May 30th, 2008 · The two countries are locked in a bitter standoff over Georgia's pro-Moscow separatist region, Abkhazia. Russia claims Tbilisi is planning to attack the province from the remote Kodori Gorge, a tiny silver of the province that is partly under Georgian control.
Mar 26th, 2008 · Residents of states that don't comply with a new federal ID law by next week could face extra scrutiny when they try to board an airplane. Three states have yet to comply or seek an extension in the deadline for meeting secure driver's license standards. But it looks like the standoff could be resolved soon -- at least temporarily.
Mar 11th, 2008 · Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador have ended their diplomatic standoff after Colombian troops crossed into Ecuador to hunt down anti-Colombian rebels. Now Venezuelans are taking stock of the dispute that produced the worst tension in the region in years. Many of them say the latest calm is just a brief interlude before tensions rise again.
Feb 27th, 2008 · Talks to end the political standoff in Kenya have been suspended. Government and opposition negotiators failed to reach a breakthrough on a power-sharing deal. Weeks of deadly violence have killed hundreds since December's disputed presidential elections.
Feb 13th, 2008 · Hugo Chavez is threatening to cut off oil exports to the United States if Exxon-Mobil moves ahead with plans to freeze Venezuelan assets in various parts of the world. But Venezuela needs the U.S. market as much as the U.S. needs the oil, so the standoff could turn in to a stalemate.