Ahmadinejad sends message to US through Lebanon visit: press
BEIRUT: Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Lebanon this week sends a message to Washington that Tehran is a key player in the region and cannot be isolated, Lebanese newspapers…
Nasrallah offers Israeli weapon to visiting Iran leader
BEIRUT: Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met late Thursday with Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah who offered him a weapon that had been seized from an Israeli soldier, the Shiite militant group…
Kuwait rights groups protest book banning
KUWAIT CITY: A coalition of rights groups is using this week's Kuwait Book Fair to press the government to give up its wide powers to ban books and other publications.…
Afghan war, unpopular, missing in US election
WASHINGTON: The war in Afghanistan is increasingly unpopular with the US public, but upcoming elections may hand new power to lawmakers who are pressing for a robust, long-term military commitment.…
Germans arrested in Iran over Ashtiani case ‘admit offence’
TEHRAN: Two Germans arrested in Iran this week for interviewing the son of a woman facing execution by stoning have confessed to committing an offence, the public prosecutor said…
Japan pulls out of Iran’s biggest onshore oil project
TOKYO: Japanese oil developer Inpex Corp. said Friday it would withdraw from Iran's Azadegan oil field project, a move believed to be aimed at keeping it off a list of…
UN troops to be moved to Sudan border: official
UNITED NATIONS: UN troops are to be moved to the tense north-south Sudan frontier to head off violence ahead of a referendum that could break up Africa's biggest nation, a…
Resumption of stalled Iran nuclear talks on horizon
BRUSSELS: A resumption of long-stalled talks between world powers and Iran over its controversial nuclear program was back on the horizon Friday after Iran welcomed an offer to break the…
Israel eyes new Jerusalem settler homes to Palestinian fury
JERUSALEM: Israel is planning to build 238 new settler homes in Arab east Jerusalem, reports said on Friday, prompting Palestinian accusations the Jewish state was bent on "killing" peace talks.…
May 4 Movement leads pro-Mubarak march
CAIRO: A march planned by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak turned into a brief gathering on Thursday, when less than 30 people turned up. Assembled outside Abbaseya’s Nour Mosque in…
