Small Wars Journal http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/recent

World Socialist Web Site http://www.wsws.org/

Inter-Press Service http://ipsnews.net/

Think tanks: The Hudson Institute leans to the right. http://www.hudson.org/

The Washington Institute centers on Middle East affairs. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateI01.php

The US Army has its own think tank. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/

The Knight Center concentrates on Western Hemisphere affairs and threats to journalistic freedom. http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/en/blog

Blogs: Fausta is a capitalist perspective on Latin American affairs, mostly a link aggregator. http://faustasblog.com/

Jihad Watch mixes world war news with anti-Muslim agitation, but it's one of the only sources for finding detailed news reports on these events. I will recommend reading it, but I do not recommend believing it. http://www.jihadwatch.org/

There are a large number of blogs dedicated to correcting the mainstream media's factual errors in reporting the Arab-Israeli conflict. http://r-mew.blogspot.com/ http://blog.camera.org/ http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ http://honestreporting.com/backspin-blog/

If you have an interest in Israel, the Elder of Ziyon is one of the better bloggers on that subject, with a pro-Israel bias. http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/