Settlements row dominates US-led Mideast talks

Netanyahu, Abbas, Clinton begin talks in Egypt

Sharm al-Sheikh, EGYPT (Agencies)

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh on Tuesday in the second round of direct peace talks that were launched in Washington earlier this month. Abbas and Netanyahu shook...More

Clinton (C) looks on as Netanyahu (L) and Abbas shake hands during Washington talks

Clinton (C) looks on as Netanyahu (L) and Abbas shake hands during Washington talks

Seeks asylum in Norway, calls for overthrow of Ahmadinejad

Third Iranian diplomat defects to Nordic country

An Iranian diplomat called Tuesday for an uprising against the Tehran government, as he became the third Europe-based envoy to defect this year and announced he was seeking asylum in Norway. "I'm seeking political asylum with all my family," Farzad Farhangian, a press attaché at the Iranian embassy in Brussels, told...More

Farzad Farhangian was a press attaché at the Iranian embassy in Brussels

Netanyahu joins Twitter, Facebook, Flickr & YouTube

Is he a hawk or a dove? Israel's PM is tweeting

It's still not clear whether Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has transformed himself from a hawk to a dove, but he is tweeting. To coincide with a fresh round of peace talks with the Palestinians, Israel's hard-line prime minister has jumped into the world of social media, setting up his own account on Twitter, Facebook,...More

The Israeli PM's jump into social media coincides with with a fresh round of peace talks with the Palestinians (File)

Second round of direct talks between Palestinians and Israelis opens in Sharm al-Sheikh

Iran's Rafsanjani chides Ahmadinejad over sanctions

UN warns over growing threat from Somali militants

Constitutional court may strike down on a ban

France to take final vote on full face veil

French lawmakers take a final vote Tuesday on a bill banning face-covering (File)

French lawmakers take a final vote Tuesday on a bill banning face-covering veils in public spaces, although the constitutional court may yet strike down the...More

Urges Somalia's transitional govt to end squabbling

UN warns of rising threat from Somali militants

Members of the Somalia al-Shabaab rebel group patrol a street in Mogadishu (File)

The United Nations warned that the Somalia insurgents Shabaab are a serious international security threat, as it made a new appeal Monday for the nation's...More

In case CIA fails to kill him & he is captured alive

US eyes terror charges for Yemeni cleric Awlaki

Anwar al-Awlaki has become al-Qaeda's leading English-speaking voice for recruiting and motivating terrorists (File)

The Obama administration is considering filing the first criminal charges against radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in case the CIA fails to kill him and he is...More

Says Iranian govt response to sanctions inadequate

Iran's Rafsanjani slams president over sanctions

Head of Iran's Experts Assembly, Hashemi Rafsanjani addresses a seasonal meeting of the assembly, in Tehran

Veteran Iranian politician Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday for failing to counter the impact of sanctions -- the...More

Nadal beats Djokovic for US Open

Tennis-magnificent Nadal completes career slam

Rafael Nadal (R) and Novak Djokovic pose with their trophies after the men's final in New York

By winning the U.S. Open for the first time and completing his collection of grand slam titles, Rafa Nadal solved one riddle and posed another. His 6-4...More

US readies $60 bln Saudi weapons shopping list

American President Barack Obama's administration will soon notify Congress of plans to offer advanced military aircraft to Saudi Arabia in a massive deal worth up to 60 billion dollars,...More

Mauritania's main opposition concedes defeat

Erdogan says to start work on new constitution

Next round of peace talks set for Tues. in Egypt

Afghans to show ballots better than bullets: UN

Afghanistan's parliamentary election this Saturday will prove to war-weary Afghans that ballots are better than bullets to resolve conflict, the U.N. envoy to the country has told AFP. ...More

Suspected US missiles kill 10 in NW Pakistan

US airline terror suspect fires his lawyers‎

Church minister says Islamophobia sweeping US

World Muslims to mark Eid al-Fitr Thurs. or Fri.

Muslim and Arab countries will announce Wednesday night whether the feast of Eid al-Fitr will start on Thursday or Friday, depending on the sighting of the new moon that will mark the beginning of...More

Angelina Jolie meets flood victims in Pakistan

Film recounts trauma of war-scarred US troops

New Zealand earthquake tears a new fault line

UAE to pump $234 billion in tourism projects

In the next eight years tourism-related projects will drive the construction industry in the UAE as the Gulf country intends to embark a $234 billion injection in its tourism sector, the UAE-based...More

Kuwait to build four nuclear reactors by 2022

Dubai World close to an agreement over its debt

UAE freezes four Iranian bank accounts: report

Tunisia citizenship law to boost women's rights

As part of its plan to abolish all aspects of gender inequality, the Tunisian government is working on a draft law that allows women to give the citizenship to their children. The new citizenship...More