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Peace talks to resume in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh

The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh on September

Egypt’s political battle lines drawn on the web

By Shaimaa Fayed CAIRO - A web page casting doubt on the religious credentials of the family of Egyptian presidential hopeful Mohamed Al Baradei has ...

Israel appoints Gaza war commander as new military chief

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday confirmed as armed forces chief Major General Yoav Galant, who directed Israel's 2008-2009 Gaza war, the ...

Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to five suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people ...

‘Hit on Iran would spell Israel’s eradication’

DOHA (AFP) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on ...

Iran continues back-and-forth barbs with Palestinians over peace talks

(CNN) -- Iranian officials continued Sunday to trade barbs with the Palestinian Authority over its president's decision to renew direct peace talks with Israel. The ...

Iran: Israeli Attack Would Mean Its Own Demise

DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Iran's president said Sunday that any Israeli attack against his nation would mean the destruction of the Jewish state. The two ...

Pope 'may appeal' in Iran stoning

The Vatican says it could appeal diplomatically to Iran to spare the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. ...

US troops repel attack on Baghdad military base

Five days after the US's operations in Iraq officially ended, American troops helped fight off an attack on a military base A plume of smoke ...

Bahrain dissidents charged

Prosecutors in Bahrain have pressed terrorism charges against Shia opposition activists, raising tension in the run-up to an October 23 election in the Gulf state. ...
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