Biden makes a strategic visit to Lebanon ahead of crucial electionsUS vice-president Joe Biden held discussions in Lebanon yesterday with the country’s president, Michel Suleiman, ahead of the…Sat May 23 2009 - 01:00
France hails new Palestinian cabinet and pledges support for 'viable' stateFRANCE YESTERDAY welcomed the formation of a new Palestinian cabinet and pledged Paris’s backing.Fri May 22 2009 - 01:00
History made in Kuwait as women elected to parliament for first timeFOUR US-educated professional women made history on Saturday by winning election for the first time in half a century to the …Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Abbas cabinet rejected ahead of talks with HamasPALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas’s plans to form a new caretaker government yesterday ahead of reconciliation talks with Hamas…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
New Fatah cabinet listing risks reconciliation talks with HamasWEST BANK-BASED Fatah yesterday published a list of ministers in a new Palestinian Authority cabinet from which Hamas, the ruler…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Arab hopes rise ahead of Obama addressARAB EXPECTATIONS of US president Barack Obama are high ahead of his address to the Muslim world next month.Mon May 11 2009 - 01:00
Changes to peace plan for Palestine rejected by SyriaSYRIAN FOREIGN minister Walid Muallem insisted yesterday that there was no need to amend proposals in a 2002 joint Arab peace…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Leader says Hamas ready to end Palestinian-Israeli conflictHAMAS POLITBURO chief Khaled Meshaal said yesterday the movement was ready to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the…Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Clinton renews US support for Iraq and LebanonUS SECRETARY of state Hillary Clinton pledged not to abandon the people of Iraq or Lebanon during unannounced visits to Baghdad…Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
UN urges dialogue between Arabs, Kurds over TamimAMID RISING tensions in northern Iraq, a UN commission has urged Arabs and Kurds to resolve their dispute over oil-rich Tamim…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Egyptian security moves betray growing fear of IranEGYPT KEPT up verbal pressure on the Lebanese Shia Hizbullah movement yesterday while its police continued to scour Sinai for…Thu Apr 16 2009 - 01:00
Palestinians deport conductor over Holocaust concertPALESTINIAN SECURITY men detained and deported to Israel a conductor who took a youth orchestra from the West Bank Jenin refugee…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Iraq moves to counter Kurdish power in provincesBAGHDAD IS reasserting Iraqi sovereignty in three northern non-Kurdish provinces where Kurdish officials, peshmerga militiamen…Sat Mar 28 2009 - 00:00
Fall in oil price hampers Iraqi reconciliation effortTHE COLLAPSE in the price of oil caused by the worldwide eco- nomic slump is undermining Iraq’s reconciliation efforts at the…Thu Mar 26 2009 - 00:00
Iran prepared to engage with US, says KhameneiIRAN’S SUPREME leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei indicated on Saturday that Tehran is prepared to respond positively to US president…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Aziz gets 15 years for role in execution of profiteering Iraqi merchantsIRAQ’S FORMER deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz was imprisoned for 15 years yesterday for his role in the summary execution of…Thu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
Assad says Syria ready to negotiate with NetanyahuSYRIAN PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad made it clear yesterday that he is prepared to negotiate peace with an Israeli government formed…Tue Mar 10 2009 - 00:00
Fayyad confident unity government will be formedPALESTINIAN PRIME minister Salam Fayyad said yesterday that he is confident a government of national consensus will be formed…Mon Mar 09 2009 - 00:00
Hague tribunal meets to inquire into assassination of former Lebanese PMTHE INTERNATIONAL tribunal established at The Hague to try the alleged assassins of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri…Mon Mar 02 2009 - 00:00
Clinton arrives in Egypt for 'rebuild Gaza' conferenceUS SECRETARY of state Hillary Clinton, on her first journey to the Middle East since becoming Washington’s senior cabinet member…Mon Mar 02 2009 - 00:00
How big-power agendas and 'green lines' have kept Cyprus dividedBOOK OF THE DAY : Getting it Wrong: Fragments from a Cyprus Diary 1964 By Martin Packard, AuthorHouse UK 416pp, $19.98Mon Mar 02 2009 - 00:00
Fatah and Hamas to meet in Cairo ahead of key Arab summitSENIOR FIGURES from a dozen Palestinian factions are set to meet today in Cairo to start talks following two days of preparatory…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
Partial reopening of Baghdad museum opposed by Iraqi ministry of cultureIRAQ’S NATIONAL museum has partially reopened nearly six years after it was pillaged as Baghdad fell to US forces.Tue Feb 24 2009 - 00:00
Syria keen to broker Fatah, Hamas deal, says KerryFOLLOWING TALKS with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday, US senator John Kerry announced that Syria is prepared…Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Hamas may sign truce if Israel agrees to concessionsHAMAS IS prepared to sign deals next week for an 18-month truce with Israel, the lifting of Israel’s blockade on Gaza and the…Sat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
Despair and pessimism in Arab press at resultPALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas responded to the Israeli election result by saying that he would not resume negotiations …Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Amnesty accuses Hamas of torture and killingsAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL yesterday called on the de facto Hamas government in Gaza to immediately end violence against men suspected…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
UN agency demands return of Gaza aid if shipments to restartTHE UN Relief and Works Agency did not resume shipments of food and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip yesterday, although …Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Visit by Ban reaffirms strong UN ties to Iraq, says MalikiUN SECRETARY general Ban Ki-moon yesterday paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad where he met Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki…Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
Hamas delegate held by Egypt after Cairo peace talksEGYPTIAN SECURITY personnel yesterday detained and searched members of the Hamas delegation returning to Gaza following talks…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Palestinian Authority to provide $600m for GazaTHE PALESTINIAN Authority in the West Bank has announced $600 million (€467 million) in funding for the reconstruction of all…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Iraq vote leaks suggest unity groups gain at expense of sectarian partiesLEAKS FROM Iraq’s electoral commission reveal that nationalist parties backing a strong central government seem to have triumphed…Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Counting of ballots under way as Iraqi provincial elections pass off peacefullyTHE COUNTING of ballots got under way yesterday in Iraq’s second provincial polls since the US toppled the Baathist regime in…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Gaza's children refused exit for treatmentGAZA’S SERIOUSLY wounded children offered treatment in Europe are being prevented from travelling to host countries by the internationally…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
In the eye of the stormPROFILE: JOHN GING: John Ging is an ex-Army officer who worked in Rwanda during the genocide and was in the Balkans when ethnic…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Onslaught threatens very existence of Fatah, says its Jerusalem representativeHUMAN RIGHTS: THE ISRAELI onslaught on Gaza threatens the very existence of both the secular Fatah movement and the Palestinian…Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Four Palestinian factions join forces to defend strip Nowhere safe in Gaza, says UN officialHUMANITARIAN CRISIS: FIGHTERS FROM the four main Palestinian factions are engaged in the defence of GazaWed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Lack of food and medicine a catastrophe, say aid groupsISRAELI SHELLING killed 14 members of two Palestinian families yesterday, raising the fatality toll to more than 90 since Israel…Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
ICG calls for ceasefire in Gaza, proposes actions for both sidesTHE INTERNATIONAL Crisis Group (ICG) yesterday called for an immediate cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas, followed…Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
UN official rejects Israeli view of extent of hardshipWar in Gaza: PALESTINIAN SOURCES reported yesterday at least 500 Palestinians have been killed (including 75 children and 30…Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
Arab rulers split over who is to blame for attacksON THE eve of today's emergency meeting in Jeddah of foreign ministers of the 57-member Organisation of the Islamic Conference…Sat Jan 03 2009 - 00:00
Attacks condemned as supplies dwindle and deaths riseDEPOSED PALESTINIAN prime minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh yesterday called for an immediate halt to the Israeli attack…Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
Navy attacks activist vessel carrying doctors to StripAT 05.15 yesterday morning the SS Dignity, an 18m yacht carrying three doctors, three tonnes of medical aid and peace activists…Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
Aid mission: boat departs CyprusIn freezing rain, shivering volunteers yesterday loaded boxes of urgently needed medical supplies on the SS Dignity in Larnaca…Tue Dec 30 2008 - 00:00
Abbas blames Hamas for Israeli attacksARAB REACTION: AS DEMONSTRATIONS opposing Israel's unprecedented onslaught on Gaza erupted across the Middle East yesterday, …Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Rockets fly as Hamas talks of extending Gaza ceasefireSEVERAL ROCKETS fired from Gaza struck Israel yesterday after a senior Hamas figure declared the movement is prepared to consider…Wed Dec 24 2008 - 00:00
Obama urged to have dialogue with Iran leaderIRANIAN NOBEL Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi yesterday called on US president-elect Barack Obama to meet Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Compromise in Iraq on non-US foreign troopsIRAQ'S PARLIAMENT yesterday reached a compromise over a deal extending the mandate of non-US foreign troops deployed in Iraq.Mon Dec 22 2008 - 00:00
Two dozen Iraqi interior ministry officers arrestedTWO DOZEN Iraqi interior ministry officials have been arrested on charges of belonging to an outlawed political party.Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
People of Basra eager to see British troops withdraw from IraqBRITISH FORCES set to withdraw from their last base in the southern province of Basra by the end of July are pulling out in accordance…Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00
