Russian cruise missiles sent to Syria

WASHINGTON - Russia has sent advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria in a move that underscores its support to the beleaguered regime of President Bashar Al Assad in the war-torn Arab nation, officials citing credible intelligence reports said here. The New York Times reported Friday that the new missiles sent to Syria have an advanced radar system that makes them "more effective". ...

Raha Moharrak makes history as the first Saudi Arabian woman to summit Mt. Everest

This photograph taken from an aircraft shows an aerial view of Mount Everest (C) and The Himalayan mountain range, some 140kms (87 miles) north-east of Kathmandu on April 3, 2013, on the 80th anniversary of the first manned flight over Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. This year is the 60th anniversary of the first summit of the 8848-meter peak. (Prakash Mathema /AFP/Getty ...

Why a Middle East role is essential for the nuclear nonproliferation regime

CAMBRIDGE --The meeting of the preparatory committee (PrepCom) for the2015 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conferencepredictably ended in failure to lay the ground for the event earlier this month. The core reason was the inability to convene a meeting in Helsinki last December on the establishment of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (WMDFZ) in ...

Gaza tunnel collapse kills Palestinian

A smuggler carries food from Kentucky Fried Chicken to be delivered through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt, on May 13, 2013 in Rafah. AFP ...

Kerry returns to region after Israelis snub Arab Peace Initiative

TEL AVIV // Never in its 65-year history has Israel had such an offer: normal relations with every Arab state and a possible claim to land inside the Palestinian territories. The US secretary of state John Kerry travels to the Middle East this week with stops in Jerusalem and Ramallah for talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His trip comes after he convinced the Arab League last month to ...