Hezbollah urges UN peacekeepers to stick to Lebanon mandate
BEIRUT: Hezbollah urged UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon, a stronghold of the Shia movement, to stick to their mandate, following a wave of protests by villagers. "UNIFIL (United Nations Interim…
Israel PM seeks to sooth hardline minister over Turkey talks
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was meeting his hardline Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday in a bid to mend ties after sidelining him in talks aimed at ending…
Gunman kills Yemen official in south: ministry
SANAA: A gunman has killed a Yemeni intelligence official in the country's south, a hotbed of unrest blamed on separatists and Al-Qaeda, the defense ministry said on Friday. …
Turkish jets bomb Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq: army
ANKARA: Turkish jets bombed Kurdish rebel targets in neighboring northern Iraq overnight following deadly clashes inside Turkey, the military said Friday. "The targets were hit successfully," it said in an…
Obama signs toughest-ever US sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law the toughest ever US sanctions on Iran, which he said would strike at Tehran's capacity to finance its nuclear program and…
Bomb wounds 4 as pilgrims walk to Baghdad shrine
BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb wounded four Shias on their way to prayer Friday morning in an attack that police said targeted pilgrims headed for a religious ceremony this week at…
USAID compound attacked in Afghanistan; 4 killed
KABUL: Six suicide bombers attacked a USAID compound Friday in northern Afghanistan, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. Two of the dead were foreigners. The…
Who ‘lost’ Turkey?
BERLIN: Turkey’s “no” last month (a vote cast together with Brazil) to the new sanctions against Iran approved in the United Nations Security Council dramatically reveals the full extent of…
How to reverse British Muslims’ disengagement
LONDON: At a 2008 conference for Britain’s National Union of Teachers, a resolution was passed declaring that state schools should have the flexibility and adaptability to accommodate the faith-based needs…
The unaccountable G-8
NEW YORK: In hosting the 2010 G-8 summit of major economies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called…