Even if the United States decides to arm Syrian rebels "to the teeth," the fighters would still be no match for government forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad, a top Russian diplomat said Wednesday. 

The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the military trial at Guantanamo Bay will resume for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others over their alleged roles in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The defendants face the death penalty in the military commission trial if convicted, the Pentagon said.

Several extremist websites that are part of al Qaeda's propaganda efforts were knocked offline 12 days ago.

Ahead of nuclear negotiations scheduled next week between Iran and six world powers, Iranian officials are suggesting that the venue be moved to Iraq, Syria or China.

Iran’s Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezayee said that the nuclear talks scheduled for April 13-14 in Istanbul, Turkey, should be moved to another location, and listed Baghdad, Damascus or Beirut as potential options, according to the semi-official FARS News Agency.

Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi also suggested China as a potential meeting place, according to Iran’s Mehr News.

A government watchdog says a shipping company that received $1B in contracts may have violated the Iran Sanctions Act.

Washington and Kabul are close to a deal that would allow U.S. forces to continue night raids on suspected terror targets in Afghanistan, while giving Afghan leaders a lead role in those operations. 

As negotiations to re-open NATO supply lines in Pakistan continue amid strained U.S.-Pakistan relations, the Pentagon said Tuesday that things are “settling” between the two countries.

The November incident in which NATO troops killed 24 Pakistani soldiers blew up an already tense relationship between Islamabad and Washington, and Pakistan closed down supply routes and called for an end to U.S. drone attacks.

U.S. and Pakistani military officials have discussed re-opening the supply lines, and the Pakistani legislature is considering measures to re-assess the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.

Despite yet another spike in costs and an international coalition that seems to be fraying at the seams, there is an sense of 'emerging stability' within the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, according to the Pentagon. 

Reality television star and prominent Mitt Romney surrogate Donald Trump said Tuesday that he believes President Obama would begin a war with Iran because it would help him politically.

"I happen to think that the President is going to start a war with Iran," Trump said on the Laura Ingraham show. "I think it will be a short-term popular thing to do, and I think he’s going to do that for political reasons, if you want to know the truth. I don’t know if anyone says this openly, but I think he’s going to start a war with Iran."

Trump said a war with Iran would help Obama politically much in the same way the war with Iraq provided former President George W. Bush a temporary wartime boost in the polls.