Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace...

A Muslim soldier, Naser Abdo, from Texas who joined the U.S. Army last year, has said that he wants to leave the military, claiming he is a conscientious objector because Islam is a peaceful religion and his God does "not give legitimacy to the war" in Afghanistan, Iraq or...

A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the...

Gaza Lessons Harden Israeli Views on Security, Ahead of Peace Talks Israeli and Palestinian leaders have wrapped up the first round of their newly relaunched direct peace talks and may now have to...

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog invited Israel last month to consider joining a global anti-nuclear arms pact but the Jewish state has dismissed the idea as a...

The measures were approved today and provide for the freezing of assets of 88 entities linked to Iran's nuclear program. All investment in the oil sector of the Islamic republic also suspended. But...

In front of the Saudi Embassy in Colombo hundreds accuse their governments of failing to defend migrant rights. Protests triggered by the brutal story of a domestic worker tortured by her employers...

The right words build confidence, but positions do not budge. Ahmadinejad expects failure, whilst extremists prepare coordinated attacks against Israel. For Arabs, peace between Israelis and...

The home of Iran's opposition leader, cleric Mehdi Karrubi, has reportedly been attacked by hard-liners who tried to enter the house through force. Karrubi's son, Hossein Karrubi, told RFE/RL's Radio...

Iran's Green Movement officially launched a new satellite TV channel this week in an effort to defy censorship and break the state's monopoly on...

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has dismissed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as "stillborn" and "doomed" in an annual pro-Palestinian solidarity day speech in...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO -- Egypt has canceled a visit by Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace...

Gulf Keystone announced the commencement of drilling operations on its Shaikan-3 appraisal well, effective September 2, 2010. This is a shallow appraisal well, very close to the Shaikan-1 well, the...

Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that the people of the Middle East are "capable of removing the Zionist regime from the world scene" in an annual Palestinian solidarity...

VIENNA -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has asked Israel to consider signing up to the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.Israel refuses to confirm it possesses a nuclear arsenal...

Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations, vowing to try to settle core differences within a year and meet every two...

Japan's cabinet Friday approved new sanctions against Iran, including an assets freeze on figures linked to its nuclear program and tighter restrictions on financial transactions. Japan also said it...

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki had accused Arab leaders of 'betraying their nations' for attending relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in...

HIGH EXPECTATIONS: Shell expects an 11 percent production increase in 2009 to 2012 with a forecast of 3.5 million barrels of oil equivalent a day in 2012. (Getty...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian...

Hassan Firouzabadi said on Friday. "Our developed weapons can hit any part of the Zionist regime (Israel) ... We hope not to be forced to attack their nuclear facility," Firouzabadi told the...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Palestinians to keep up their armed struggle against Israel a day after Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to continue talks on a...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian...

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano urged Israel on Friday to consider signing the nuclear Non-Proliferation...

Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Army General David Petraeus, the top coalition commander in Afghanistan, said special forces operations against militants there are about four times more frequent than at...

Irish objections have delayed an EU deal to allow the transfer to Israel of personal data on EU citizens. The Republic of Ireland linked its move to its concerns about the use of forged Irish...

THE people of the Middle East are "capable of removing the Zionist regime from the world scene", Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an annual Palestinian solidarity day address...

SHEHAYBIYEH, Lebanon A series of explosions ripped through a house on the outskirts of a south Lebanon town on Friday that the state NNA news agency said was being used as an arms depot in an area...

Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki...

Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority sat down with to talk peace for the first time in two years. The two leaders agreed to begin meeting...

Doha Sep 03 (BNA) Qatar Premier and Foreign Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani today received a phone call from the U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell,...

Tokyo also intends to reduce its oil imports from Iran, which is considered its major supplier.The BBC said the measures go beyond those which were imposed by the UN Security Council and ban...

Vienna Sep 03 (BNA) International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano has called on Israel to join the Non proliferation Treaty (NPT) and allow IAEA inspectors to monitor its nuclear...

Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations Thursday, saying it was time to end their conflict but projecting tough talks ahead as hardliners on both sides vowed never to accept a...

VIENNA — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has invited Israel to consider joining a global anti-nuclear arms pact and to place all its atomic facilities under his agency's inspections, an...

CAIRO - Milad Nadim, 49, from Helwan city near the southern outskirts of greater Cairo, needs to be on the street by 6am daily to stand in a long queue for subsidized bread, or his children will go...

One of the officials says blasts might have been triggered by an explosion at a weapons depot belonging to the Hezbollah militant group in the village of Shehabiyeh.The two security officials said...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his...