With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local...

Iran has started production of new medium-range surface-to-air missiles with the aim of upgrading its air defence...

Five civilians, including four children, were killed Thursday by a roadside bomb in north-eastern Afghanistan, officials...

Footballers' Wives star Laila Rouass is set to make a film on the life of terrorist Leila Khaled, often dubbed the "poster girl of Palestinian...

In a new study, scientists in Kuwait have predicted that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014 - almost a decade earlier than some other...

Jordan was spotted shopping for saucy wigs and outfits with her cross dressing cage fighter husband Alex...

The Jordanian government Wednesday confirmed that it had received an official request from the NATO alliance to train the Afghan...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran's human rights record "degenerated" with a crackdown after its disputed June election while Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers committed abuses against civilians last year,...

Threats of abandonment of the coalition government by the Labor Party. 1600 new settlements are likely to eliminate forever the possibility that East Jerusalem become the capital of a future...

Tourists view the colossus of Pharaoh Akhenaten in the Egyptian Museum showing his elongated head and feminine hips that long confounded Egyptologists, at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt,...

Israel early this week to promote new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and tighten the bonds between Israel and the United States. He leaves on Thursday amid increased uncertainty over the nature and...

Article Reprints Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Pascal Perritaz (37, Swiss citizen) to the position of Chief Financial Officer Asia-Pacific and Middle East (APME), effective April 1,...

(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden gestures after giving a speech at the Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 11,...

Atlantic City quoted "federal sources" as saying Mobley is the man accused of shooting two guards over the weekend in a Yemeni hospital where he was being held prisoner. One of the guards died, and...

HE HAS missed his own deadlines, he may not have enough votes and even if the measure passes it is likely to be a watered-down affair. That is the position in which Barack Obama finds himself not...

Few of the participants have much hope that the resumption of talks, to be held indirectly through American mediators, will soon lead to a two-state...

Cairo - Egypt's public prosecutor on Thursday decided to open an investigation into accusations that a state security officer tortured a supporter of former UN nuclear chief Mohammed ElBaradei,...

Sana'a, Yemen - At least two people were killed and 16 injured in clashes between police and separatist protesters in southern Yemen on Thursday, police and witnesses said. Witnesses said one...

By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service A U.S. MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA, March 11, 2010 – Servicemembers quizzed Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates about Afghanistan, the elections...

"The baseless claims made by the GCC in Riyadh over the Iranian islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa is a clear interference in Iran's internal affairs," Iran's Foreign Ministry...

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Vice President March 10, 2010 REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS Muq’ata Ramallah PRESIDENT ABBAS: In the name of God...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinians said on Thursday the United States must put pressure on Israel to revoke a settlement expansion decision before indirect peace talks can get...

Barkley joined the show to talk about the big stories in the NBA. Barkley had interesting comments on Kobe Bryant's penchant for last-second shots. He said that some of Kobe Bryant's game-winners...

The Basra Memorial Wall marks the 178 UK service personnel and one MoD civilian who lost their lives in the six years of conflict following the invasion. It was originally built in 2006 outside the...

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Vice President Joe Biden had been sent to the Mideast to kick-start the peace effort. But a poorly timed announcement of Israeli housing plans for Jerusalem has dimmed the prospect for...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has undergone surgery but is in good health, his office said on Thursday without specifying what the procedure was for. Maliki, who was operated on Wednesday,...

Students from the American University of Sharjah met today with staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the series of roundtable discussions being held at universities throughout...

Vice President Joseph R. Biden, in the Middle East to build support for revived Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, issued a strong denouncement of Israeli plans to build another sixteen hundred housing...

(NYSE:AEO) on Thursday announced it would open its first stores outside of North America in the Middle East. The teen clothing retailer, based on Pittsburgh's South Side, will open stores later...

Iran has not officially notified Russian airlines that their pilots working in the Islamic Republic should leave the country, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. Last...

BAGHDAD - Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces where he was opposed by hard-line...

GAZA CITY [MENL] -- The Hamas regime has been struck by in-fighting. Palestinian sources said the Islamic regime in the Gaza Strip has beenparalyzed by a feud within the leadership. They said the...

JERUSALEM - A total of 50,000 new units for mainly radical Jewish settlers in Israeli-occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem are in various stages of planning, according to a report published on...

Forty-two years ago this week, on March 16,1968, a company of green, battle-untested US Army combat soldiers from the Americal Division, swept into the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai, rounded up the...

RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 11 (Reuters) - The Palestine Securities Exchange (PSE) hopes the double-digit growth rate of its main index and a strong West Bank economic outlook will draw foreign...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday implored Israelis and Palestinians to move beyond a diplomatic spat that has marred his trip to the region, urging the sides to waste...

Excerpts: Britain's Conservatives back sanctions if Iran remains defiant.Turkey's P.M.Erdogan earns Saudi O.K.Biden visit in West Bank results in Palestinian woman terrorist memorial...

Rachel Corrie was injured as a result of her prohibited action, for which she is solely responsible, due to her considerable negligence and lack of caution. She took part in hostile and violent...

TEHRAN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called on Italian officials to release at the earliest two Iranian nationals held in the country, the semi-official Fars news...

TEHRAN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Thursday that Iran has started the production of new medium-range surface-to-air missile, local satellite Press TV reported. ...

BAGHDAD, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was leading the parliamentary elections in two provinces in southern Iraq, according to preliminary results from the electoral...

BAGHDAD, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki underwent a surgery at a Baghdad hospital on Wednesday, his office said on Thursday. "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki yesterday...