Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
US Naval Institute Daily - USNI
Real Clear World - RCP
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, US Agree on Strategic Agreement - VOA
US, Afghanistan Agree on Relationship after Coalition Forces Leave - S&S
With Pact, US Agrees to Help Afghans for Years to Come - NYT
Afghanistan, US Reach Post-2014 Pact - WP
US and Afghanistan Ink Strategic Partnership Agreement - LAT
Afghanistan and US Agree on Strategic Pact Text - Reuters
Chairman’s Afghanistan Visit Focuses on Afghan Forces’ Progress - AFPS
Group Swiftly Gets Crucial Supplies to Troops in Afghanistan - S&S
Bomb Kills 2 NATO Servicemembers in Afghanistan - AP
Opiates Killed 8 US Troops in Afghanistan, Army Records Show - S&S
NATO Plans in Russian City Are Protested - NYT
Syria
UN Authorizes Full Syria Mission - WP
UN Monitors Tour Rebel-Held Syrian Town - NYT
Fighting in Syria Kills 17; UN Monitors Expand Visits - VOA
UN Syria Vote is 'Pivotal Moment' - BBC
In Syria: Fear of Islamist Extremism - WP
Presence of UN Monitors Helps Calm Syrian City - LAT
Syria Hotspot Enjoys Lull With UN Monitors Present - AP
Iran
Iranians Say They Took Secret Data From Drone - NYT
Iran Says Recovered Data From Captured US Drone - AP
Iran 'Building Copy of US Drone' - BBC
US Lawmaker Dismisses Iran's Claims of Building Drone Copy - VOA
Iraqi Premier Starts Talks in Iran - AP
The Iran Negotiations That Count - WS opinion
US Must Turn Iran from Enemy to Adversary - Haaretz opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Dempsey Meets With Jordan’s Defense Chief, Moves on to Afghanistan - AFPS
US, Jordan Planning Large Military Drill in May - AP
Israeli Commandoes Raid Ship Searching for Arms - AP
Vettel Wins Bahrain's Controversial Grand Prix Race - VOA
Bahrain Stages F1 Despite Protest - BBC
Bahrain Court Delays Case in Hunger Striker Appeal - AP
Militants and Politics Bedevil Yemen’s New Leaders - NYT
US Praises Yemen Crackdown on Al-Qaida - AP
Aid Official Kidnapped in Yemen - BBC
Egypt Cancels the Delivery of Gas to Israel - NYT
Egypt Scraps Gas Deal with Israel - BBC
UN Set to Renew Western Sahara Force Despite Criticism - Reuters
How Sunni Backlash Prevented Bahrain Revolt - CSM opinion
Iraq: Will Barzani Declare Kurdish Independence? - JP opinion
Piracy
World Sea Piracy Drops 28 Percent in First Quarter - AP
US Department of Defense
C-27J Transport Aircraft on Chopping Block Nine Months after Debut - S&S
Vice Chairman Visits Aeromedical Staging Facility in Germany - AFPS
Army's New PTSD Guidelines Fault Madigan's Screening Tests- S&S
United States
Stolen Valor Act Could be Overturned - ST
Strategic Nuclear Arms Control - WP opinion
Reality of Immigration Law - WP opinion
How States Should Approach Immigration - NYT opinion
Africa
Threat of Violence Remains as South Sudan Withdraws from Disputed Town - VOA
Renewed Fighting on Sudan Border - BBC
Sudan Bombs South Sudan Border Area, Kills 3 - Reuters
Official: Sudan Bombs S. Sudan, Killing a Boy - AP
Mali's New Leader Says Talks with Rebels Possible - VOA
African Bank Chief Says Ready to Commit $45 Million to Malawi - Reuters
Americas
In Latin America, Radical Left Struggles - WP
General Shot Dead in Mexico City - BBC
Mexican Ex-General Accused of Narco Ties Shot Dead - LAT
Gunmen Kill 15 in Bar Attack in Northern Mexico - LAT
Colombia Seizes 'Rebel Cocaine' - BBC
Colombia: Wild Night Life Prevalent in Cartagena - WP
Mass Poisoning Hits Peru Police - BBC
Asia Pacific / Central
China, Russia Launch Joint Naval Exercises - VOA
China Needs 'Consistent Policy' on South China Sea - BBC
Vietnam Hosts Naval Exchange with US Navy - AP
China Expresses Confidence in North Korea's Leader Kim - AP
North Korea Threatens ‘Special Action’ Against South - VOA
Burmese Democracy Party to Skip Swearing In - VOA
Burma: Suu Kyi Party Boycotts Parliament - BBC
Burma Ruling Party Rejects Suu Kyi Demand to Change Oath - Reuters
Human Rights Watch Urges Kazakh Trial Suspension - AP
Punishing North Korea's People - LAT editorial
Europe
Challenger Hollande Emerges as Frontrunner in French Election - VOA
France: Sarkozy Loses First Poll Battle - BBC
French Presidential Vote Advances - WP
Hollande and Sarkozy Head to Runoff in French Race - NYT
French Socialist Hollande Will Face Sarkozy in Runoff - LAT
France: Sarkozy the Fighter in Battle of His Career - AP
French Far-Right Soars in Presidential Vote - AP
France's Far Right Eyes Parliament - Reuters
NATO Plans in Russian City Are Protested - NYT
Russia: Anti-Kremlin Protesters Go Old School - WP
Russians Show Support for Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill - LAT
As Killer Gloats in Court, Norway Shows No Anger - AP
Norway: Breivik Defends 'Barbarian Act' - BBC
Norway: First the Nightmare, Then the News - NYT opinion
South Asia
Pakistan: Muslims Accused of Kidnapping Teens to Wed - LAT
Pakistani in Court Over US Bounty - WP
India Orders Deportation of 10 French Nationals - AP
India's Nuclear Choices - TOI opinion