Settlers start building as Israel PM woos Palestinians
JERUSALEM: Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas not…
Egypt parliamentary polls will be ‘heated’, says interior minister
CAIRO: Egypt's interior minister said on Sunday he expected upcoming parliamentary elections…
Al-Qaeda hostages ‘alive’ in Mali, says source
BAMAKO: Five French hostages kidnapped with a Togolese and a Madagascan by…
Israeli on pilgrimage killed in Ukraine
KIEV: An Israeli man was stabbed to death during a pilgrimage to…
Ethiopians want more from sacred Nile waters
GISH ABAY: Here in the shadow of Mount Gish, the spring water…
Kuwait to scrap sponsor system for workers, says minister
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait will scrap the much-criticized sponsor system for foreign labor…
Iraq inaugurates patrol boat in bid to build up navy
UMM QASR: Iraq inaugurated the first in a fleet of new patrol…
Ahmadinejad 9/11 comments ‘obscenity’, says Asian president
UNITED NATIONS: East Timor's Nobel Peace Prize-winning president, Jose Ramos Horta, on…
Boat carrying Jewish activists leaves Cyprus for Gaza, says AFP
FAMAGUSTA: A boat carrying Jewish activists from Israel, Europe and the United…
Mideast peace talks face collapse as settlement freeze ends
JERUSALEM: Jewish settlers were gearing up for a burst of West Bank…