The sun erupted late on January 22, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare, an earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), and a burst of fast moving, highly energetic protons known as a "solar energetic particle" event. The latter has caused the strongest solar radiation storm since September 2005 according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2012 – U.S. officials stand by their assertion that the Nov. 26 attack that resulted in the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers was in self-defense, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby said here today.
WASHINGTON – Closure of the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has threatened while holding military exercises there since Dec. 23, will not be tolerated, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said yesterday.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — With the deadline for the full military withdrawal of the U.S. from Iraq fast approaching, a Kansas State University Middle East expert predicts an unstable and uncertain future for the region.